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YALE   COLLEGE. 

SECOND    DECENNIAL   MEETING, 

JUL.Y  2Yth,  1§53. 


In  accordance  with  a  vote  passed  at  the  first  decennial  meeting, 
in  1843,  and  with  a  circular  letter  from  the  Secretary  reminding 
them  of  that  vote,  the  class  assembled  in  New  Haven,  at  the  an- 
nual Commencement  in  1853. 

On  the  evening  of  the  27th,  the  day  before  Commencement,  by 
invitation  of  one  of  their  number,  Prof,  James  D.  Dana,  they  met 
at  his  house  in  the  Avenue.  There  were  present,  Buckingham, 
J.  Clark,  Dana,  Day,  Dunlap,  Dutton,  Eells,  Emerson, 
Gardner,  Landon,  Mather,  Russell,  Sherman,  Taft,  Tucker, 
Vansantvoord,  Wolcott.  Brandegee  came  to  New  Haven, 
but  was  prevented  from  attending  the  meeting  by  a  sudden  call 
to  return  home.  E.  A.  Johnson  was  in  the  city,  but  was  detained 
from  the  meeting  by  illness.  Pettee  arrived  on  the  following 
day.  (20.) 

Alphonzo  Taft,  Esq.  was  appointed  Chairman,  and  Rev.  S. 
W.  S.  DuTTON,  Secretary. 

Letters  were  received  from  Abbott,  Ballard,  Davenport,  G. 
B.  Hawley,  W.  p.  Johnston,  Marshall,  Perry,  Tilton,  Thom- 
as and  Wood. 

The  chairman,  with  the  catalogue  before  him,  called  for  infor- 
mation respecting  each  member  of  the  class,  in  alphabetical  order. 
Rev.  S,  W.  S.  Dutton  was  requested  to  continue  his  services  as 
Secretary  and  Historian,  and  was  desired  to  publish,  as  soon 
as  adequate  information  could  be  obtained  for  the  purpose,  a 
pamphlet  containing  a  brief  account  of  each  member  of  the  class. 
The  means  for  defraying  the  expense  of  such  publication  were 
contributed  and  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Secretary. 


ONIVERSrtV  OF 

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The  members  present  were  so  absorbed  in  hearing  what  each 
communicated  respecting  himself  and  the  absent  and  deceased, 
that  ere  they  were  aware  the  morning  was  upon  them ;  when 
having  completed  the  catalogue,  they  adjourned  to  the  Com- 
mencement in  1863,  having  passed  a  unanimous  vote  of  thanks  to 
Prof.  Dana,  for  the  rich  and  varied  supper,  and  the  generous  hos- 
pitality, with  which  they  had  been  treated. 

On  the  evening  of  the  28th,  the  members  of  the  class  present, 
with  their  wives  and  friends,  by  invitation  of  Dr.  Wm.  H.  Russell, 
met  a  brilliant  company  at  his  house  on  Wooster  Square. 

The  information  contained  in  the  following  pamphlet  was  in 
part  communicated  on  the  night  of  the  27th.  The  chief  part  of 
it,  however,  has  been  collected  by  the  Secretary,  through  letters, 
and  otherwise,  and  he  begs  leave  to  say,  with  much  labor,  and 
patience.  The  publication  has  been  long  delayed  by  waiting  for 
information.  But  it  has  been  thought  desirable  to  obtain  as  full 
intelligence  as  possible,  and  to  wait  for  it  rather  than  to  give  an 
unnecessarily  incomplete  account  of  the  class.  A  work  which  is 
done  only  once  in  ten  years  may  well  have  time  to  be  thoroughly 
done. 

In  all  cases  where  the  necessary  information  has  been  afforded, 
the  names  of  parents  have  been  given,  including  the  maiden  name 
of  the  mother  in  brackets,  since  it  is  pleasant  to  know  the  ancestry 
of  those  in  whom  we  are  interested.  The  Secretary  regrets  that 
on  this,  as  well  as  many  other  points,  he  has  not  been  able  to  give 
full  and  definite  information  concerning  many  members  of  the 
class,  because  his  letters  asking  for  such  information  have  not 
been  answered.  He  requests  that  such  intelligence  may  be  com- 
municated to  him  by  members  of  the  class  respecting  themselves 
or  their  classmates,  now  while  the  subject  is  revived  by  the  recep- 
tion of  this  Class  Book,  and  from  time  to  time,  as  will  afford  ma- 
terials for  a  more  complete  one  in  1863. 

Let  the  meeting  in  1863  be  a  full  one,  embracing  all  who  may 
then  survive.  Those  who  met  in  1853,  after  an  experience  of 
twenty  years  since  graduating,  felt  that  they  were  well  paid  for 
coming  together.  And  they  had  a  deep  conviction,  as  they  sur- 
veyed the  ranks  of  the  class  so  thinned  by  death,  that  the  survivors 
should  have  an  increaaing  interest  in  each  other's  welfare,  useful- 
ness and  honor. 


BRIEF  HISTORICAL  SKETCH 


OF    THE 


CLASS   OF   1833 


RUFUS  ABBOTT. 
Born  April  17,  1807,  in  Wilton,  New  Hampshire,  son  of  Zeba- 
diah  and  Elizabeth  (Hale)  Abbott.  For  two  years  from  the  au- 
tumn of  1833  taught  school  and  studied  medicine  in  Greensburgh, 
Ky. ;  in  the  winter  of  1835-6  attended  medical  lectures  at  the 
Medical  School,  Lexington,  Ky. ;  commenced  practice  in  the 
spring  of  1836  ;  married,  April  5,  1838,  Mary  B.  Aikin,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Susan  Aikin,  of  Greensburg,  Ky.,  who  died  Oct. 
12th  of  the  same  year.  In  the  winter  of  1838-9  attended  medi- 
cal lectures  in  Louisville,  Ky,  and  received  the  degree  of  M.  D. 
In  the  spring  of  1839  removed  to  Jefferson  City,  Missouri,  and 
practiced  medicine.  Married,  Oct.  21,  1840,  Mary  R,  Hart, 
daughter  of  Samuel  L.  and  Ann  T.  Hart  of  Jefferson  City — 
Children,  (1)  Charles  Hale,  aged  10,  (2)  Ann  Curd,  aged  7,  and 
(3)  Caroline  Hart,  aged  4.  Fond  by  early  habit  of  agriculture, 
purchased  a  farm  in  Hibernia,  Callaway  Co.,  just  across  the  river 
from  Jefferson  City,  the  cultivation  of  which  he  adds  to  his  pro- 
fessional pursuits  ;  has  a  competence,  fully  realizing  his  sober  ex- 
pectations ;  is  attached  to  the  West,  but  remembers  the  East  and 
especially  "Old  Yale"  with  affection. 

EPAPHRODITUS  CHAMPION  BACON. 

Born  in  Litchfield,  Ct.,  Sept.  2,  1810,  son  of  Asa  and  Lucretia 
(Champion)  Bacon  ;  studied  Medicine  six  months  in  New  York  ; 
studied  Law  in  Yale  University  ;  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in 
1835,  and  resided  in  Litchfield,  Ct. ;  spent  three  winters  in  Mo- 
bile. A  delegate  from  Connecticut  to  the  Harrisburgh  (Whig) 
Convention  in  1839 ;  a  member  of  the  Conn.  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives from  Litchfield  in  1840  and  1841 ;  Judge  Advocate  of 
Litchfield  County  ;  devoted  himself  chiefly  to  general  literature, 
especially  to  heraldic,  antiquarian  and  historical  studies,  in  which 


he  was  enthusiastic  and  eminent.  Left  the  United  States  in  May, 
1844,  with  the  purpose  of  taking  the  tour  of  Europe,  for  his 
pleasure  and  improvement,  and  also  for  the  benefit  of  his  health, 
which  was  delicate.  After  spending  a  few  months  in  Paris  and 
London,  he  left  the  latter  city  in  December  for  Portugal  and 
Spain,  expecting  after  passing  through  those  countries  to  visit  It- 
aly and  to  return  home  early  in  the  ensuing  spring.  His  general 
health  had  been  much  improved  by  his  travels.  But  he  was  sud- 
denly attacked  at  Seville,  Spain,  with  strangulated  hernia,  of 
which  he  died,  after  an  illness  of  five  days,  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
three.  He  died  in  a  land  of  strangers,  fully  conscious  of  his  sit- 
uation, and  after  writing  particularly  to  his  friends  at  home.  His 
body  was  sent  home  and  lies  buried  in  his  native  town. 

By  the  kindness  of  his  parents,  who  now  reside  in  New  Haven, 
his  portrait  graced  the  parlor  of  Prof.  Dana,  in  which  the  class 
met.  The  letter  of  his  father  to  the  class,  after  alluding  to  the 
subsequent  death  of  a  younger  son,  closes  with  these  touching 
words.  "It  has  pleased  G-od  to  write  me  childless.  ' My  children 
are  gone  forth  of  me  and  are  not.  There  is  none  to  stretch  forth 
my  tent  any  more.' " 

MICHAEL  BALDWIN. 

Born  in  New  Haven,  June  11,  1813,  son  of  William  and  Ann 
(Perrin)  Baldwin.  The  first  year  after  graduation.  Teacher  in 
Owego,  N.  Y. ;  the  two  succeeding  years  studied  Law  in  Yale 
University  ;  entered  on  the  practice  of  Law  in  Natchez,  Miss,  in 
the  autumn  of  1836.  He  was  fast  rising  to  eminence  in  his  pro- 
fession, when  he  died  of  pulmonary  consumption  Oct.  19,  1839, 
aged  26. 

JOSIAH  BALLARD. 

Born  in  Peterborough,  N.  H.,  April  14,  1806,  son  of  William 
and  Mary  (Chandler)  Ballard.  Teacher  at  Westfield,  Mass.  in 
1834.  Studied  Theology  partly  at  Andover  Theological  Semina- 
ry, and  partly  with  Rev.  John  Whiton,  D.  D.  of  Antrim,  N.  H. 
Ordained  Pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Chesterfield,  N. 
H.,  July  1835.  Married  Oct.  1,  1835,  Miss  Elizabeth  D.  Whiton, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  John  and  Abby  (Morris)  Whiton,  of  Antrim, 
N.  H.  Installed  at  Nelson,  N.  H.  July  12,  1836.  Installed  at 
Sudbury,  Mass.,  March  3,  1841.     Installed  at  New  Ipswich,  N.  H., 


July  14,  1852.     Has  two  children,  Edward  Otis,  born  April  19, 
1837 ;  and  Catharine  Elizabeth,  born  April  9,  1840. 

SHUBAEL  FITCH  BARTLETT. 

Born  in  East  Windsor,  Ct.,  Aug.  25,  1811,  son  of  Rev.  Shubael 
and  Fanny  (Leffingwell)  Bartlett.  He  began  the  study  of  medi- 
cine immediately  after  graduating,  which  he  pursued  at  East 
AVindsor  (under  private  tuition,)  and  at  the  medical  department  of 
Yale,  where  he  received  his  degree  at  the  termination  of  the  usual 
course.  After  receiving  his  degree,  he  continued  his  studies  at 
East  Windsor,  Hartford,  and  New  York,  where  he  attended  lec- 
tures and  visited  the  hospitals.  In  Sept.  1837  he  united,  by  pro- 
fession of  his  faith  in  Christ,  with  the  Congregational  Church  in 
East  Windsor,  under  the  pastoral  care  of  his  father.  From  Sept. 
1837  to  Oct.  1838  he  was  employed  as  Professor  in  the  New  York 
Institution  for  the  deaf  and  dumb.  Continuing  his  medical  stud- 
ies till  the  Spring  of  1840,  he  then  commenced  practice  in  Lyme, 
Ct.  He  married,  Sept,  1842,  Miss  Fanny  Griswold  of  Lyme, 
daughter  of  Charles  and  Ellen  (Perkins)  G-riswold  and  grand- 
daughter of  Grov.  Roger  Griswold.  His  first  child  was  born  in 
March  1844  and  died  in  the  following  June  ;  his  second,  (Adeline 
Champlin)  was  born  March  27  1836  ;  his  third  (Charles  Griswold) 
was  born  Dec.  25,  1848. 

Dr.  Bartlett  had  made  high  attainments  in  medical  science  and 
skill,  and  had  a  good  practice;  but  he  was  attracted tojoin  a  small 
and  select  company  who  were  going  to  California,  as  their  Physi- 
cian. He  left  home  in  March  1849,  went  by  land  to  New  Orleans, 
thence  by  steamer  to  Corpus  Christi,  across  the  country  to  Mazat- 
lan,  and  by  sea  to  San  Francisco.  His  health  began  to  fail  soon 
after  his  arrival.  Though  it  was  usually  robust,  by  the  fatigue  of  his 
long  journey,  miserable  accommodations  on  board  the  Chilian  brig 
from  Mazatlan,  and  the  sad  change  from  the  comforts  and  endear- 
ments of  home  to  the  privations  of  California  at  that  period,  it  was 
completely  destroyed.  Soon  after  his  arrival,  he  met  with  Major 
Kingsbury  of  the  U.  S.  Army,  whose  friendship  he  had  gained  in 
Connecticut,  having  been  his  family  physician.  Major  K.  assisted 
him  to  a  lucrative  situation  for  medical  practice.  But  it  was  too 
late.  His  health  was  rapidly  failing,  and  he  resolved  to  leave  im- 
mediately for  home.  He  left  Sacramento  for  San  Francisco,  (ex- 
pecting there  to  take  the  steamer)  in  the  U.  S.  transport  schooner 


Invincible,  in  which  Major  K.  had  procured  him  a  passage.  But 
his  disease  (chronic  dysentery)  increased  rapidly,  and  he  died  Oct. 
12,  1849,  on  his  way  down  the  river,  and  was  buried  at  Benicia, 
in  a  cemetery  belonging  to  the  U.  S.  The  captain  of  the  Invinci- 
ble proved  to  be  an  old  acquaintance  and  treated  him  with  great 
care  and  kindness.  His  funeral  was  suitably  attended — the  servi- 
ces being  performed  by  a  Christian  minister  who  had  just  arrived 
from  the  Eastern  States.  His  venerable  father  and  his  brother 
(by  whose  communications  the  Secretary  has  been  enabled  to  make 
this  particular  sketch)  speak  highly  of  his  religious  character,  as  it 
appeared  for  several  years  previous  to  his  death,  and  especially  in 
his  letters  after  he  left  home  on  his  fatal  adventure  to  California. 
SAMUEL  HENSHAW  BATES. 
Born  in  Northampton,  son  of  Hon.  Isaac  Bates.  After  gradua- 
tion studied  law  with  his  father,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in 
Northampton  ;  chose  agriculture  as  his  employment ;  resides  in 
Northampton;  not  married. 

JOHN   CAMPBELL  BEACH. 

Studied  Law  at  Utica  N.  Y.,  began  to  practice  his  profession  at 
Skaneateles,  N.  Y.  About  1842  removed  to  Auburn,  and  entered 
into  partnership  with  Hon.  Wm.  H.  Seward.  Married  in  New 
York  city,  July  10,  1851,  Miss  Elizabeth  Townsend  Porter  of 
that  city ;  does  not  practice  his  profession ;  is  understood  to  be 
engaged  to  a  large  extent  in  the  financial  department  of  the  wheat 
or  flour  business. 

STANTON  BELDEN. 

Born  in  Sandisfield  Mass.  Jan.  15, 1808,  son  of  Martin  and  Pru- 
dence (Sholes)  Belden.  Has  been  a  Teacher  since  graduation  ;  is 
now,  and  has  been  since  1835,  Principal  of  the  "  Fruit  Hill  Class- 
ical Institute,"  Fruit  Hill,  R.  I.,  three  and  a  half  miles  from  Prov- 
idence. Married  at  Fruit  Hill,  Dec.  9,  1835,  Antoinette  Percival 
Manchester,  daughter  of  William  and  Ann  (Sowle)  Manchester,  of 
Tiverton,  R.  I. 

Children,  (1)  Francis  Stanton  born  Nov.  10,  1836  ;  (2)  Marian 
Howard,  Aug.  28,  1838  ;  (3)  Antoinette  Percival,  Sept.  18, 1840  ; 
(4)  Clarence  Le  Roy,  July  7,  1842,  deceased ;  (5)  Preston  Lincoln, 
Nov.  16,  1843  ;  (6)  Adehne  Mauran  June  17,  1846  ;  (7)  Claren- 
don Dwight,  May  3,  1848  ;  (8)  Florence  Eugene,  May  31,  1851 ; 
(9)  Laura  Sherman,  May  6,  1853. 


Has  been  successful  in  teaching,  having  had  for  many  years  a 
very  flourishing  Family  School  limited  to  forty  pupils  ;  expects 
in  a  few  years  to  retire  from  its  pressing  cares  and  responsibilities. 

NOAH  BISHOP. 

Came  to  College  from  Litchfield,  Ct.  After  graduation,  taught 
at  Brooklyn,  Ct.  for  two  years.  Studied  Theology  at  East  Wind- 
sor in  1835,6,7  ;  had  the  bronchitis ;  resumed  teaching  in  Keene, 
N.  H.  and  continued  it  for  two  years ;  ordained  Pastor  of  a  Pres- 
byterian church  in  Enon,  Ohio,  sometime  in  1843  ;  married  dur- 
ing the  same  year.  At  the  present  time  he  has  charge  of  a 
Church  and  High  School  in  Monroe,  Butler  Co.,  Ohio. 

EDWARD  ANTHONY  BRADFORD. 

Came  to  College  from  Plainfield,  Ct.  Studied  Law  at  Harvard 
University  ;  entered  on  a  successful  practice  of  his  profession  in 
New  Orleans  ;  Clerk  of  Court  and  Bank  Commissioner  in  that  city, 
and  a  Commissioner  under  the  Bankrupt  Law ;  was  nominated  by 
President  Fillmore,  near  the  close  of  his  office,  to  the  U.  S.  Senate, 
as  Judge  of  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court.  It  being  near  the  begin- 
ning of  an  administration  by  an  opposing  political  party,  the 
nomination  was  rejected  by  a  party  vote. 

Married  Sarah  E.  Fanning,  has  had  several  children,  and  has 
lost  one  or  two  by  death  ;  visited  Europe  in  the  Summer  of  1853. 

ELISHAMA  BRANDEOEE. 
Born,  Jan.  14,  1814,  in  Berlin  Ct.,  son  of  Elishama  Brandegee ; 
graduated  from  the  Medical  Department  of  Yale  University  ; 
practiced  medicine  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  for  two  years ;  in  the 
Spring  of  1841  married  Miss  Florence  Stith  of  Petersburg  Va., 
and  since  that  date  has  practiced  medicine  in  his  native  place,  Ber- 
lin Ct. ;  has  six  children,  three  boys  and  three  girls,  the  oldest  ten 
and  the  youngest  an  infant ;  he  and  his  wife  have  recently  united 
with  the  Congregational  Church  in  Berlin,  by  profession  of  their 
faith  in  Christ. 

SAMUEL  GILES  BUCKINGHAM. 
Born  in  Lebanon,  Ct.  Nov.  18, 1812,  son  of  Samuel  and  Joanna 
(Matson)  Buckingham.  Studied  Theology  in  1834-5-6,  in  the 
Theological  Department  of  Yale  University  ;  ordained  Pastor  of 
a  Congi-egational  Church  in  Millbury  Mass.,  May  1837.  Mar- 
ried May  10,  1837,  at  New  Haven,  Harriet  Taylor,  daughter  of 


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Rev.  Dr.  Nathaniel  W.  and  Rebecca  (Hine)  Taylor.  Installed 
Pastor  of  a  Congregational  Church  in  Springfield,  Mass.  June  16, 
1847.     Has  one  child,  Harriet  Taylor,  born  Feb.  13,  1842. 

WILLIAM  ADOLPHUS  BUTLER. 

Studied  medicine  in  New*  York,  and  remained  for  a  time  in 
Brooklyn  L.  I.,  his  native  place.  For  several  years  he  practiced 
medicine  in  Tampico,  Mexico,  of  v^^hich  post  he  was  United  States 
Consul.  A  few  weeks  before  our  decennial  meeting  in  1843,  he 
sailed  from  Tampico  for  New  York,  and  after  having  been  five 
days  at  sea,  by  violent  retching  produced  by  sea-sickness,  burst  a 
blood-vessel  and  died.     Not  married. 

A.  B.  CAMPBELL. 

Have  not  heard  from  him  directly  since  graduation.  The  de- 
cennial report  of  him  reads  thus.  "  Teacher  from  1833  to  1835  in 
Litchfield  Co.  Ct.,  and  from  1835  to  the  present  time  (1843)  in 
G-alena  111.  Married  in  1835  and  has  one  child."  Dr.  Cheney 
Howe  informed  the  Secretary  in  1848,  that  Mr.  Campbell  was  at 
that  time  in  Galena,  teaching  a  private  school ;  that  his  health  was 
feeble ;  that  in  1845  or  thereabout  he  lost  his  voice,  and  visited 
Jamaica,  W.  I.  for  his  restoration. 

ROBERT  CARVER. 

Born  in  Taunton  Mass.  April  22,  1810,  a  lineal  descendant  of 
the  first  Grovernor  of  Plymouth  Colony.  His  father's  name  v/as 
David,  his  mother's  maiden  name  was  Dean.  Studied  Theology 
at  Andover  from  Oct.  1833  to  May  1836  ;  preached  a  year  in  Can- 
ada East ;  preached  a  year  in  Berlin  Mass.,  and  was  ordained 
Pastor  of  the  Congregational  (Orthodox)  Church  in  that  place,  in 
the  autumn  of  1838  ;  remained  there  till  the  spring  of  1843 ;  atr 
tended  Theological  Lectures  for  a  few  months  in  New  Haven  Ct.; 
preached  a  year  in  Byfield  Mass. ;  spent  six  months  in  Wisconsin, 
from  July  1845  to  September  1847  ;  preached  to  a  church  near 
Greenport  L.  I.;  was  married  in  that  vicinity  Oct.  16,  1845,  to 
Jane  B.  Ingram,  widow  of  Rev.  S.  B.  Ingram,  and  daughter  of 
Rev.  Daniel  Beers  of  Orient,  L.  I.  Was  installed  pastor  of  a  Con- 
gregational church  in  Raynham,  a  parish  of  Taunton,  his  native 
town,  Dec.  1.  1847  ;  in  which  place  and  office  he  still  remains. 
JOSIAH  CLARK. 

Born  at  Leicester,  Mass.,  Feb.  7,  1814  ;  son  of  Josiah  and  Ase- 
nath  (Edwards)  Clark.     Teacher  at  1833  to  1835  j  at 


Baltimore  from  1835  to  1837.  Studied  Theology  at  Andover 
from  1837  to  1841,  Principal  of  the  Academy  at  Leicester,  Mass. 
from  1841  to  1849.  From  1849,  and  now,  Principal  of  the  Acad- 
emy at  Easthampton,  Mass. 

Married,  Nov.  21,  1842,  Lucy  Edwards  Dewey,  daughter  of 
David  L.  and  Lucy  (Edwards)  Dewey,  of  Northampton,  Mass. 

NOAH  BARBER  CLARK. 

Came  to  College  from  East  Windsor,  Ct.  The  record  respect- 
ing him  in  1843  was  this.  "  Teacher  at  Berlin,  Ct.,  Hartford,  Ct., 
Fishkill,  N.  Y.,  and  now  at  Wethersfield,  Ct.  Married  in  1836." 
Nothing  has  been  heard  from  him,  and  very  little  respecting  him, 
since. 

JOHN  OLIVER  COLT. 
Manufacturer  at  Patterson,  New  Jersey.     Have  no  definite  in- 
formation respecting  him. 

JOHN  CRUMP. 

Born  in  New  London.  After  graduation  studied  Medicine, 
went  to  the  South  for  his  health  in  vain  ;  returned  to  New  Lon- 
don, where  he  died  of  pulmonary  consumption,  July  4,  1835. 

JOHN  MORRILL  CURRIER. 

Born  in  Amesbury,  Mass.,  in  1809,  son  of  Richard  and  Dolly 
Currier ;  fitted  for  the  Sophomore  Class  in  Yale  College,  at  Phil- 
lips (Exeter)  Academy.  Studied  Medicine  with  Dr.  Balch  of 
Amesbury ;  attended  Lectures  in  Boston,  afterward  in  Woodstock, 
Vermont ;  commenced  practice  in  Mississippi  in  1835.  Married, 
in  1843,  Mrs.  Francis  M.  Stuart  of  Woodville,  Miss.  Sixteen 
months  after  marriage  he  died  of  Yellow  Fever,  leaving  an  infant 
son. 

JAMES  DWICHT  DANA. 
Born  at  Utica,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  12,  1813,  son  of  James  and  Harriet 
(Dwight)  Dana.  In  July,  1833,  appointed  Instructor  of  Mid- 
shipmen in  the  U.  S.  Navy,  and  went  to  the  Mediterranean,  in 
U.  S.  ship  Delaware  ;  returned  Feb.  1835.  Assistant  of  Prof, 
Silliman  in  the  Department  of  Chemistry,  Mineralogy  and  Ge- 
ology in  Yale  College,  1836-7.  Appointed,  Dec.  31,  1836,  Mine- 
ralogist and  Geologist  in  the  Scientific  Corps  of  the  U.  S.  Ex- 
ploring Expedition,  sailed  in  the  sloop  of  War  Peacock,  July, 

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1838,  on  a  voyage  around  the  world.  Before  leaving,  united 
with  a  Christian  church  in  New  Haven,  by  profession  of  his  faith  ; 
was  shipwrecked  at  the  mouth  of  the  Columbia  river  in  Oregon, 
July  1841  ;  returned  to  the  U.  S.  June  10,  1842,  after  an  absence 
of  three  years  and  ten  months.  Since  his  return  has  resided, 
during  the  first  two  years  in  Washington,  and  during  the  re- 
mainder of  the  time  in  New  Haven.  In  the  autumn  of  1851,  was 
appointed  "  Silliman  Professor  of  Natural  History"  in  Yale  Col- 
lege, but  has  not  yet  entered  on  the  duties  of  the  office,  on  ac- 
count of  unfinished  engagements  connected  with  the  Exploring 
Expedition. 

Published,  in  1838,  a  Treatise  on  Mineralogy,  586  pp.  large 
octavo ;  a  second  edition  in  1844 ;  a  third  in  1850 ;  and  is  now 
preparing  a  fourth  for  the  press.  Also,  in  1846,  a  Manual  of  Mine- 
ralogy, 360  pp.  12mo.  He  has  been  chiefly  employed,  however, 
since  his  return  to  the  country  in  1842,  in  preparing  and  publish- 
ing the  results  of  his  observations  in  the  Exploring  Expedition. 
In  1846  he  published  a  Report  on  Zoophytes,  one  vol.  680  pp. 
quarto,  with  an  Atlas  of  61  plates  folio  ;  in  1849,  Report  on  Ge- 
ology, one  vol.  740  pp.  quarto,  with  an  Atlas  of  21  plates  ;  in 
1852-3,  Report  on  Crustacea,  one  vol.  1620  pp.  with  an  Atlas  of 
96  plates,  folio. 

Since  1846,  has  been  co-editor  of  the  Am.  Journal  of  Science; 
has  been  the  author  of  various  memoirs  in  the  Journal  of  Science, 
and  in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Academy  of  Nat.  Science,  Phila- 
delphia, and  of  the  Academy  of  Arts  and  Science,  Boston. 

Married,  June  5,  1844,  in  New  Haven,  Henrietta  Frances  Sil- 
liman, daughter  of  Prof  Benjamin  and  Harriet  (Trumbull)  Silli- 
man ;  has  three  children,  Frances  Henrietta,  born  July  24,  1846; 
Edward  Salisbury,  born  Nov.  16,  1849  ;  and  James  Silliman,  born 
April  19,  1853. 

JOHN  SIDNEY  DAVENPORT. 

Born  in  Stamford,  Ct.  Sept.  26,  1808,  son  of  John  A.  and  Eliza 
M.  (Wheeeler)  Davenport ;  entered  the  Junior  Class  at  Yale,  af- 
ter having  been  engaged  in  Mercantile  business  in  New  York. 
Commenced  the  study  of  Theology  in  New  Haven  in  the  autumn 
of  1833,  and  continued  two  years  ;  ordained  Pastor  of  a  Con- 
gregational Church  in  Bolton,  Mass.  July  1836.  Married  at  New 
Haven,  July  5,  1836,  Miss  Elizabeth  Leverett ;  remained  at  Bol^ 


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ton  three  and  a  half  years  ;  and  then,  after  an  interval  of  a  few 
months,  was  installed  Pastor  of  a  Congregational  Church  in  Gor- 
ham,  Me.  After  remaining  for  some  time  in  Gorham,  he  took 
orders  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  and  has  since  had  the 
charge  of  parishes  in  Newburyport,  Mass.  and  in  Oswego,  N.  Y., 
in  the  latter  place  for  seven  years.  In  1850  visited  Europe,  for 
health,  recreation,  and  intellectual  improvement.  Has  published 
various  articles  in  the  Church  Review,  and  a  pamphlet  of  some 
size,  entitled  *«  The  Permanency  of  the  Apostolic  Office  as  dis- 
tinct from  that  of  Bishops,  with  reasons  for  believing  that  it  is 
now  revived  in  the  Church."  Has  had  five  children,  all  of  whom 
are  living,  Julia,  Martha,  James  Boorman,  Elizabeth,  and  John 
Sidney.  At  the  time  of  the  class-meeting,  was  residing  in  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y.  without  charge.  He  now  resides  in  New  York  City, 
temporarily  engaged  in  mercantile  business,  without  however  re- 
linquishing the  clerical  profession,  and  hoping  soon  to  resume  his 
entire  devotion  to  it. 

BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  DAVIS. 

No  direct  and  little  definite  information  has  been  received  re- 
specting him.  He  came  to  College  from  Monticello,  S.  Carolina. 
It  is  understood  that  he  studied  Law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Wm. 
Preston  of  S.  C,  and  that  he  soon  relinquished  his  profession  and 
engaged  in  agriculture,  in  Monticello,  Fairfield  Co.,  S.  C. 

GEORGE  EDWARD  DAY. 

Born  in  Pittsfield  Mass.  March  19,  1815,  son  of  Gad  and  Rox- 
anna  Rice  Day  ;  entered  College  from  New  Haven  Ct.  whither  his 
parents  removed  in  1822.  Teacher  in  the  Institution  for  the  Deaf 
and  Dumb  in  New  York  city  from  1833  to  1835  ;  studied  Theol- 
ogy in  New  Haven  from  1835  to  1838;  Assistant  Instructor  in 
Sacred  Literature  in  the  Theological  Department  of  Yale  College 
from  1838  to  1840  ;  ordained  Pastor  of  the  Union  (Congregation' 
al)  Church,  Marlborough,  Mass.  Dec.  2,  1840  ;  went  to  Europe  in 
1844,  and  remained  nearly  a  year,  partly  pursuing  theological 
studies  at  Berlin,  and  partly  employed  by  the  New  York  Institu- 
tion for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  in  examining  the  condition  and  modes 
of  instruction  of  European  Institutions  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  ; 
returning,  remained  in  Marlborough  till  his  removal  to  North- 
ampton, Mass.  where  he  was  installed  Pastor  of  the  Edwards 
Church,  Jan.  12,  1848.     Since  May,  1851,  has  been  Professor  of 


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Biblical  Literature  and  Lecturer  on  Church  History  in  Lane  The- 
ological Seminary,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Published  a  Report  on  the 
Institutions  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  in  Europe  and  especially  in 
Germany,  1845,  8  vo.  pp.  140  ;  also  various  articles  in  the  Bibli- 
otheca  Sacra,  a  Quarterly,  published  at  Andover,  Mass.,  of  which 
he  is  one  of  the  corresponding  or  assistant  editors. 

Married  in  New  Haven,  Aug.  24,  1843,  Amelia  Hotchkiss  Oaks, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Hotchkiss)  Oaks. 
HIRAM  DOANE. 

Very  little  has  been  heard  respecting  him  since  the  meeting  in 
1843.  The  record  at  that  time  was  this.  "  Teacher  in  Green- 
wich, Ct.  and  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.  and  is  now  a  Congregational 
clergyman  somewhere  in  the  western  part  of  New  York.  Mar- 
ried." He  is  supposed  to  be  at  the  present  time  Pastor  of  a 
church  in  Jefferson  Co.  N.  Y. 

ABIJAH  BARNUM  DUNLAP. 

Born  at  Ovid,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  29,  1809,  son  of  William  and  Eliza- 
beth Dunlap.  His  father  is  now  living  at  the  age  of  91.  Teacher 
for  a  short  time  after  graduation.  Farmer  and  Whig  Politician 
about  ten  years  in  Ovid,  N.  Y.  Studied  Theology  at  Auburn,  N. 
Y.  in  1846-7  ;  preached  at  Saline,  Washtenaw  Co.,  Michigan, 
nearly  two  years  ;  and  at  Ovid,  N.  Y.,  nearly  three  years.  Mar- 
ried, June  29,  1853,  at  Le  Roy,  N.  Y.,  Miss  Mary  A.  Wright, 
Principal  of  Ingham  Institute  in  that  place,  and  formerly  Mission- 
ary for  seven  years  at  Smyrna  and  Athens.  Intends  to  teach  in 
company  with  his  wife  at  Le  Roy. 

WILLIAM  MASON  DURAND. 

Came  to  College  from  Milford,  Ct.  He  studied  Law  in  New 
Haven,  and  commenced  practice  in  Hartford,  Ct.  But  a  pulmo- 
nary disease,  against  the  incipient  influence  of  which  he  had  long 
been  struggling,  compelled  him  after  two  or  three  years  to  relin- 
quish practice.  A  voyage  and  a  short  foreign  residence  did  not 
check  its  progress.  He  died  at  his  father's  house  in  Milford,  Oct. 
14,  1841,  at  the  age  of  twenty-six  years. 

SAMUEL  WILLIAM  SOUTHMAYD  DUTTON. 

Born  in  Guilford,  Ct.,  March  14,  1814,  son  of  Rev.  Aaron  and 

Dorcas  (Southmayd)   Dutton.     From  Sept.  1833,  to   Sept.  1834, 

Teacher  of  Latin  and  Greek  in  Mount  Hope  College,  Baltimore, 

Md.;  from  Sept.  1834,  to  Sept.   1835,  Principal  of  the  Hopkins 


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Grammar  School  in  New  Haven.  From  Sept.  1835,  to  April  1888, 
student  of  Theology  in  New  Haven.  From  April  1836,  to  April 
1838,  Tutor  in  Yale  College.  Ordained,  June  1838,  Pastor  of  the 
North  Church  in  New  Haven.  Married,  Sept.  12,  1838,  by  his 
classmate  Buckingham,  at  Millbury,  Mass.  to  Harriet  Waters, 
daughter  of  Asa  and  Susan  (Holman)  Waters.  Published,  in  1842, 
History  of  the  North  Church  in  New  Haven  during  the  last  cen- 
tury, pp.  128  octavo.  Since  Jan.  1843  one  of  the  Associate  Edit- 
ors of  the  New  Englander  and  a  frequent  contributor  to  its  pages. 
Has  published  various  Sermons  and  Addresses. 

WILLIAM  WOODWARD  EELLS. 

Born  in  Middletown  Ct.  son  of  Samuel  and  Lucena  (Woodward) 
Eells.  Teacher  at  St.  Mary's,  Florida;  studied  Theology  at  Co- 
lumbia, S.  C.  Ordained,  Nov.  1838,  Pastor  of  a  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Wilmington,  N.  C.  by  the  Presbytery  of  Fayetteville. 
Stated  supply  of  a  church  in  Washington  city  from  1844  to  1846, 
Pastor  of  a  Presbyterian  Church  in  Newburyport  Mass.  at  the 
present  time,  and  since  1846.  Married  in  1840  at  Wilmington,  N. 
C,  to  Christina  Bradley.  Has  had  two  children,  the  oldest  a 
daughter,  born  and  deceased  in  1841,  the  second,  a  daughter,  An- 
na Sophia,  born  April  25,  1847.  Has  published  occasional  ser- 
mons, and  various  articles  in  Periodicals. 

Z.  ROGERS  ELY. 

Studied  Theology  at  New  Haven,  where  he  was  licensed  to 
preach  in  April,  1836  ;  spent  about  a  year  in  Jefferson  County,  N. 
Y.,  supplying  the  churches  at  Brownville  and  Chaumont.  During 
the  summer  of  1837  he  journeyed  for  his  health,  which  had  been 
impaired  by  exposure  and  severe  labor.  In  the  autumn  of  1837, 
his  health  having  been  improved,  he  was  ordained  Pastor  of  the 
Congregational  Church  in  Deep  River,  Ct.  But  his  ministry  was 
of  short  duration.  Labor,  too  constant  and  severe  in  his  Master's 
work,  during  the  summer  of  1838,  was  followed  by  hemorrhage 
of  the  lungs,  and  he  was  persuaded  to  leave  his  people  for  a  time. 
He  retired  to  the  house  of  his  wife's  father  in  Watertown,  Jefferson 
County,  N.  Y.  ;  where,  after  struggling  against  his  disease  for 
several  months,  with  hopes  more  and  more  decidedly  disappointed, 
he  died  Nov.  16, 1839,  aged  30.  He  was  married  in  1837. 
BROWN  EMERSON. 

Born  at  Harvard,  Mass.  in  1807,  son  of  Jacob  and  Dorothy 


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(Warner)  Emerson.  Studied  Theology  at  New  Haven.  Pastor 
of  a  Congregational  Church  in  West  Boylston,  Mass.  from  Aug. 

1837  to  Oct.  1839  ;  of  a  Congregational  Church  in  Torringford, 
Ct.  from  1841  to  1844 ;  of  a  Congregational  Church  in  Dracut, 
(near  Lowell,)  Mass.  at  the  present  time,  and  since  1850,  Post 
Office  address,  Lowell,  Mass.  Married,  April  10,  1838,  to  Cathe- 
rine B.  Emerson,  daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  Emerson,  of  Salem,  Mass. 
Children,  (1)  Helen  Louisa,  aged  14;  (2)  William  Brown,  aged 
11;  (3)  Henry  Hopkins,  deceased  at  the  age  of  6  years. 

BARNABAS  MAYNARD  FAY. 

Came  to  College  from  Berlin,  Mass.     Teacher  from  1833  to 

1838  in  the  Institute  for  Deaf  Mutes  in  New  York  City.  Studied 
Theology  in  that  city.  Pastor  of  a  Congregational  Church  in 
Hardwick,  Mass.  from  May  30,  1840  to  Aug.  1843.  Married  in 
Sept.  1842  ;  is  now  Teacher  in  the  Asylum  for  the  Blind  in  In- 
dianapolis, Indiana. 

SAMUEL  FIELD. 

Came  to  College  from  Madison,  Ct. ;  son  of  Jared  Field  of  that 
place.  Little  definite  information  has  been  received  respecting 
him.  After  graduating  he  went  to  Georgia,  where  his  mother's 
friends  resided,  engaged  in  teaching,  studied  Law,  married,  buried 
his  wife  ;  is  now  a  Lawyer  at  Sandersville,  Washington  County, 
Georgia. 

ROBERT  DIXON  GARDNER. 

Born  in  East  Haddam,  Ct,  March  16,  1805  ;  son  of  Nicholas 
and  Sarah  (Wright)  Gardner.  From  Sept.  1833,  to  April  1834, 
Teacher  at  Wheeling,  Va.  ;  from  May  1834  to  Oct.  1835,  Teach- 
er at  East  Hampton,  L.  I.  Studied  Theology  at  East  Windsor 
from  1835  to  1838.  Pastor  of  a  Congregational  Church  in  Mon- 
roe, Ct.  from  March  31,  1841,  to  Sept.  30,  1851 ;  since  that  time 
and  now  Teacher  at  Lyme,  Ct.  Married  at  East  Hamptom,  L.  I. 
Sept.  5,  1838,  to  Phebe  G.  Miller,  daughter  of  Samuel  Miller, 
Esq.  of  that  place  ;  one  child,  Samuel  Miller,  aged  13.  Married, 
a  second  time,  at  Monroe,  Ct.  Aug.  25,  1842,  to  Louisa  M.  Ely, 
daughter  of  Elisha  Ely,  of  Huntington,  Ct. 

JOHN  CALVIN  GODDARD. 

The  following  is  the  record  respecting  him  in  the  report  of 
1843.      Studied   Law   at   Harvard   University  ;    went  into  legal 


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business  in  company  with  his  classmate,  Van  Santvoord,  in  New 
York  City,  Nov.  1836  ;  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  1837,  where 
the  power  of  rapid  acquisition,  the  untiring  industry,  the  reten- 
tive memory,  and  the  affluence  of  diction,  for  which  he  was  re- 
markable in  College,  made  him  a  successful  practitioner,  and  gave 
promise  of  eminence  in  his  profession.  In  this  morning  of  prom- 
ise and  hope  he  was  suddenly  cut  down.  He  died,  Feb.  5,  1843, 
of  small  pox,  supposed  to  have  been  taken  on  board  the  U.  S. 
ship  North  Carolina.  He  was  a  regular  attendant  on  the  minis- 
trations of  Rev.  Dr.  Mason,  and  expressed  to  his  friends,  in  his 
last  days,  the  hope  and  belief  that  he  was  prepared,  through  faith 
in  Christ,  and  by  the  grace  of  God,  for  a  happy  eternity." 

He  was  born  in  New  London,  Ct.,  and  came  to  College  from 
that  place. 

ALFRED  KIMBALL  GOULD. 

The  following  is  the  record  respecting  him  in  the  report  of 
1843.  ''Teacherfor  a  short  time  in  New  Canaan,  Ct.,  and  died  of 
consumption  while  a  member  of  the  Theological  Seminary  in  An- 
dover,  July  29,  1835.  Mr.  G.  was  a  scholar  of  excellent  merit, 
and  a  Christian  of  uniform  and  decided  piety.  He  came  to  Col- 
lege from  Hopkinton,  N.  H." 

RUFUS  E.  HART. 
Came  to  College  from  Middlebury,  Ohio.     Studied  Law  ;  be- 
gan practice  in  Akron,  Ohio ;  removed  to  Marietta,  Ohio,  in  the 
autumn  of  1838.     Is  now  Principal  of  the  Ohio  Asylum  for  the 
Blind,  at  Columbus.     Married. 

GEORGE  BENJAMIN  HAWLEY. 
Born  in  Bridgepoit,  Ct.  in  lfil2  ;  came  to  College  from  Water- 
town,  Ct.  Studied  medicine  in  New  Haven.  After  receiving  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  he  was  assistant  physician  for  four  years  at  the 
Retreat  for  the  Insane  in  Hartford,  and  since  has  been  in  the  suc- 
cessful practice  of  his  profession  in  that  city.  He  was  married  in 
1840  to  the  daughter  of  Silas  Fuller,  M.  D.  of  Hartford,  who  died 
in  1847,  leaving  one  child,  George  Fuller.  He  was  married  again 
in  1848  to  the  daughter  of  Sherman  Boardman  of  Hartford,  by 
whom  he  has  one  child,  Willie  Sherman. 

Z.  KENT  HAWLEY. 
Born  in  Avon,  Ct.  July,  1806,  son  of  Rufus  F.  Hawley,  and 
grandson  of  Ilev.  Rufus  Hawley,  who  was  for  fifty  years  Pastor 


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of  the  Congregational  Church  in  that  place.  Studied  Theology 
one  year  (1833-4)  at  Lane  Seminary,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Tutor  one 
year  (1834-5)  in  Illinois  College,  Jacksonville ;  completed  hia 
Theological  studies  in  New  Haven ;  ordained  in  Plymouth,  N.  H. 
in  1838.  Married,  April,  1838,  to  Miss  Emily  P.  Price,  (daughter 
of  Rev.  Ebenezer  Price  of  West  Boscawen,  N.  H.)  who  was  for 
two  years  Principal  of  the  "Jacksonville  Female  Academy,"  Ill- 
inois. Went  in  1838  to  Illinois  as  a  Home  Missionary ;  preached 
in  La  Harpe,  Hancock  Co.,  one  year,  in  Dubuque,  Iowa,  a 
year  and  a  half,  and  in  Payson,  Adams  Co.,  111.,  for  a  year  and  a 
half;  when  on  account  of  the  ill  health  of  his  family  he  came  to 
the  Eastern  States  ;  preached  in  various  places  in  New  Hamp- 
shire for  more  than  a  year,  being  in  doubt  about  returning  to  the 
West;  in  1844  took  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  2d  Congregational 
Church  in  Norwalk,  Ct.,  which  he  resigned  in  1848,  and  accepted 
the  charge  of  the  1st  Presbyterian  Church  in  Knoxville,  Illinois, 
which,  having  been  formed  on  the  **  Plan  of  Union"  was  "  divided 
in  the  breaking  up  of  that  Plan."  In  1851  he  became  and  now  is 
Pastor  of  the  1st  Congregational  Church  in  Payson,  Adams  Co., 
Illinois,  to  which  he  had  formerly  ministered  for  a  year  and  a  half. 
In  connection  with  his  professional  duties  he  has  a  "  Select  Fam- 
ily School  for  Young  Ladies,"  limited  in  number  to  ten.  Children, 
(1)  Edwin  Price,  born  in  Dubuque,  Iowa,  Nov.  22,  1840,  and  died 
at  Knoxville,  111.,  Aug.  15,  1851 ;  (2)  Lucy  Elizabeth,  born  in 
Boscawen,  N.  H.,  Oct.  7,  1842  ;  (3)  Emily  Evelina,  born  in  Nor- 
walk, Ct.,  March  15,  1845;  and  (4)  Frederic  Kent,  who  was  born 
in  Norwalk,  Ct.,  March  19,  1848,  and  died  in  Knoxville,  111.,  Sept. 
15,  1849.  Has  published  two  volumes,  one  in  favor  of  the  Con- 
gregational and  one  against  the  Methodist  Episcopal  mode  of 
church  government  and  order. 

ABEL  KNAPP  HINSDALE. 

Came  to  College  from  Torrington,  Ct.  Teacher  in  Belleport, 
L.  I.  1834-5  ;  studied  Theology  in  Auburn,  N.  Y. ;  was  ordained 
in  1838,  and  sailed  from  Boston  Jan.  1841,  as  Missionary  of  the 
American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions,  to  the 
Independent  Nestorians  of  Persia.  On  his  way  thither,  he  was 
the  guest  of  his  classmate,  Wolcott,  in  Beirout,  Syria.  Proceed- 
ing thence  toward  his  place  of  destination,  he  waa  seized  with 
typhus  fever,  and  died  Dec.  2Q,  1842,  at  Mousul,  on  the  Tigris, 


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where  his  grave  is  marked  by  a  humble  monument.  He  was 
married  in  1840.  His  wife,  who  partook  of  his  spirit,  as  well  as  his 
labors,  has  been  employed  since  his  death  as  Teacher  of  a  school 
for  the  children  of  Missionaries  at  Constantinople. 

SILAS  HOLMES. 

Studied  Medicine  in  Bristol,  R.  I.,  his  native  place.  In  1838 
he  went,  on  a  voyage  around  the  world  as  Assistant  Surgeon  in 
the  United  States  Exploring  Expedition.  He  returned  with  the 
Expedition  in  1842,  and  continued  his  connection  with  the  U.  S. 
Navy  till  his  death.  He  was  drowned  by  the  upsetting  of  a 
sail-boat  in  the  harbor  of  Mobile,  Alabama,  May  21,  1849.  One 
of  his  classmates  states  that  he  was  foremost  among  many  com- 
petitors in  both  his  examinations  for  the  Navy  ;  that  he  was  high- 
ly respected  in  Bristol,  his  home,  and  his  death  was  felt  to  be  a 
public  loss. 

Married,  Oct.  2,  1837,  Maria,  daughter  of  Ezekiel  Gunn,  of 
Bristol,  R.  I. ;  children,  (1)  Virginia  Dimon,  born  July  2,  1838  ; 
(2)  Jabez  Silas,  born  Oct.  30,  1844. 

CHENEY  HOWE. 

Born  in  Townsend,  Vt.  Aug,  1840.  In  1833  attended  a  course 
of  Medical  Lectures  in  Pittsfield,  Mass.  In  Jan.  1834  went  to 
the  northern  part  of  Alabama,  and  taught  school,  studying  Medi- 
cine at  the  same  time,  for  eight  months  ;  went  to  Texas  and  spent 
the  winter  (1834-5)  in  traveling  and  looking  about  in  that  State  j 
went  to  Louisville,  Ky.  in  March,  1835,  and  taught  school  till 
Nov.  1835  ;  then  began  to  practice  Medicine  with  an  established 
physician  in  Louisville,  and  continued  with  him  two  years,  till 
Nov.  1837  ;  then  went  to  Cincinnati  and  attended  a  course  of 
Medical  Lectures,  and  received  a  degree  from  the  Medical  Col- 
lege of  Ohio,  in  March,  1848 ;  returned  to  Louisville  and  re- 
sumed practice  ;  married,  in  that  place,  Oct.  1838,  Miss  Jennette 
Prindle,  a  Teacher  from  Monroe,  Ct.  In  Feb.  1839,  removed  to 
St.  Louis,  where  he  gradually  acquired  a  very  large  and  lucrative 
practice.  His  health  began  to  fail  in  Oct.  1846.  He  came  on  to 
the  East  in  March,  1847  ;  spent  the  spring  and  summer  in  New 
England,  chiefly  in  Townsend,  his  native  place  ;  visited  New 
Haven  in  July,  in  very  feeble  health,  [when  he  called  on  the  Sec- 
retary and  gave  him  the  greater  part  of  the  information  con- 
tained in  this  notice,]     He  then  hoped  to  return  to  St.  Louis  ia 

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October.  But  his  hope  was  disappointed.  His  disease,  pulmona- 
ry consumption,  continued  to  enfeeble  him,  and  terminated  his 
life  at  his  native  home  in  Townsend,  Vt.  His  classmate,  Tucker, 
whose  family  physician  he  was  in  St.  Louis,  being  present,  gave 
honorable  testimony  respecting  his  character  as  a  physician  and  a 
man.  His  wife  has  deceased  since  his  death.  Her  body  was 
brought  for  burial  to  Monroe,  Ct.,  her  native  place,  where  his 
classmate,  G-ardner,  the  Pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church, 
preached  a  funeral  sermon.  They  had  two  children,  one  of  whom 
died  before  the  death  of  the  father ;  the  other,  a  daughter,  still 
survives. 

EBENEZER  KINGSBURY  HUNT. 
Born  in  Coventry,  Ct.,  Aug,  26,  1810,  son  of  Eleazer  and  Sibyl 
(Pomeroy)  Hunt.  Teacher  at  Monson,  Mass.  from  Sept.  1833  to 
Sept.  1834,  and  at  Natchez,  Miss.,  from  Nov.  1834  to  Nov.  1836. 
Entered  the  Jefferson  Medical  School  in  Philadelphia,  Dec.  1836, 
and  graduated  March,  1838.  Practiced  in  Ellenville,  Ulster  Co., 
N.  Y.,  from  April,  1838,  to  Oct.  1839,  and  from  Nov.  1839  till  the 
present  time  in  Hartford,  Ct. ;  where  he  enjoys  a  successful  busi- 
ness. Married  at  Hartford,  Ct.,  June  18,  1848,  Miss  Mary  A, 
Crosby,  daughter  of  Daniel  P.  and  Sarah  (Dunham)  Crosby. 
Children,  (1)  Sarah  C,  born  Sept.  10,  1849,  deceased  June  2, 
1853  ;   (2)  Mary  S.,  born  March  9,  1852. 

JOHN  HUSTIS. 
Came  to  College  from  Phillipstown,  N.  Y. ;  resides  at   Hustis- 
ford,  forty-six  miles  northwest  of  Milwaukie,  Wisconsin.     Mar- 
ried Miss  Ludington,  of  Carmel,  N.  Y  ;  has  four  children. 

EBENEZER  ALFRED  JOHNSON. 

Born  in  New  Haven,  Aug.  18,  1813,  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Sa- 
rah B.  (Law)  Johnson.  Teacher  at  New  Canaan,  Ct.,  from  1833 
to  1835  ;  Tutor  in  Yale  College  from  Sept.  1835  to  Sept.  1837, 
studying  Law  at  the  same  time  in  the  Yale  Law  School.  Ad- 
mitted to  the  Bar  in  New  Haven,  where  he  remained  till  Sept. 
1838,  when  he  entered  on  the  oiBce  of  Professor  of  the  Latin 
Language  and  Literature  in  the  University  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  which  office  he  still  holds. 

Married,  Aug.  18,  1842,  Margarett  H.  Vancleve,  daughter  of 
Dr.  John  and  Louisa  Anna  (Houston)  Vancleve,  who  deceased 


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June  15,  1849.  Their  children,  (1)  Elizabeth  Day,  born  July, 
1843,  and  deceased  at  the  age  of  five  months  ;  (2)  Frances  Hen- 
rietta, born  March  28,  1845  ;  (3)  Alfred  Vancleve,  born  June  10, 
1847  ;  (4)  a  son,  born  June,  1849,  and  died  soon  after  birth. 

Married,  in  New  York,  July  9,  1851,  Harriet  Gilley,  daughter 
of  William  B.  and  Harriet  (Eaglesfield)  G-illey. 

WILLIAM  P.  JOHNSTON. 

Born  in  Savannah,  Ga.,  son  of  Col.  James  and  Ann  (Marion) 
Johnston ;  came  to  College  from  the  Round  Hill  School,  North- 
ampton, Mass.,  and  entered  the  Sophomore  Class  in  its  third  term. 
After  spending  the  v^inter  of  1833-4  in  Georgia,  removed  to 
Philadelphia,  in  the  spring  of  1834,  and  commenced  the  study  of 
Medicine  ;  was  a  private  pupil  of  Prof.  Wm.  Horner  ;  attended 
the  Lectures  t)f  the  University  of  Penn.,  and  the  Summer  School 
of  Medicine,  the  "  Philadelphia  Medical  Institute"  ;  also  acquired 
a  practical  knowledge  of  the  duties  of  an  Apothecary  in  the  drug 
store  of  Samuel  Griffith  ;  graduated  M.  D.  in  the  spring  of  1836, 
and  was  immediately  appointed  one  of  the  resident  Physicians  to 
the  Blockley  Hospital.  In  the  spring  of  1837  was  appointed  a 
Physician  to  the  Philadelphia  Dispensary,  and  took  charge  of  the 
"  South  Western  District."  Went  to  Europe  in  the  fall  of  1837  , 
and  returned  in  the  summer  of  1840,  having  spent  two  years  in 
Paris,  pursuing  medical  studies,  and  a  year  in  traveling  through 
Switzerland,  Italy,  Austria,  Germany,  Belgium,  Holland,  and 
Great  Britain.  While  residing  in  Philadelphia  was  made  an  hon- 
orary member  of  the  Philadelphia  Medical  Society ;  and  while 
residing  in  Paris  was  elected,  in  Dec.  1838,  a  member  of  the  "So- 
ciete  Medicale  d'Observation  de  Paris,"  and  in  July,  1839,  a 
corresponding  member  of  the  "  Societe  Anatomique"  of  Paris. 

Married,  Dec.  3,  1840,  Miss  Mary  E.  Hooe,  daughter  of  Ber- 
nard Hooe,  Esq.,  of  Alexandria,  Va.,  and  immediately  after  lo- 
cated himself  in  Washington,  D.  C,  for  the  practice  of  Medicine. 
In  1842  wa^  elected  Professor  of  Surgery  in  the  Medical  De- 
partment of  the  Columbian  College  in  Washington,  (now  the 
National  Medical  College.)  After  delivering  three  courses  of  Lec- 
tures in  Surgery,  was  transferred,  in  1845,  at  his  own  request,  to 
the  chair  of  "  Obstetrics  and  Diseases  of  Women  and  Children," 
which  became  vacant,  and  at  the  present  date  occupies  that  posi- 
tion, and  has  also  a  large  and  lucrative  practice. 


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His  children  are  (1)  Mary  Belle,  born  Sept.  17,  1841  ;  (2)  Wil- 
liam Bernard,  born  Dec.  12,  1842,  and  died  when  two  weeks  old; 
(3)  William  Waring,  born  Dec.  28,  1843  ;  (4)  Bernard  Houstoun, 
born  Sept.  4,  1845 ;  (5)  James  Marion,  born  Feb.  27,  1850. 

SAMUEL  C.  KERR. 
Came  to  College  from  Easton,  Md.  Studied  Theology  for  three 
years  in  the  General  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  New  York  City  ;  was  instituted  Rector  of  a  par- 
ish in  Prince  George's  Co.,  Md.,  in  1836,  where  he  was  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1847,  when  the  Secretary  received  this  information,  for 
which  he  is  indebted  to  Dr.  Cheney  Howe. 

EDWARD  RUGGLES  LANDON, 
Born  in  Guilford,  Ct.,  in  1813,  son  of  Nathaniel  Ruggles  and 
Mary  (Griswold)  Landon,  After  graduation  studied  Law  in  New 
Haven;  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Tecumseh,  Michi- 
gan after  studying  in  a  Law  Office  in  Detroit.  Married  in  Guil- 
ford in  1837,  Miss  Anna  Lay,  who,  with  her  infant  child,  died  in 
Tecumseh  in  the  fall  of  1838.  He  returned  in  Dec.  1838  with 
their  remains  to  Guilford,  his  native  place,  where  he  has  since  re- 
sided in  the  practice  of  his  profession. 

ASAHEL  HOOKER  LEWIS. 

Came  to^College  from  Farmington,  Ct.  Studied  Law  in  Con- 
necticut, removed  to  Ohio  ;  was  for  several  years  Editor  of  the 
Ohio  Star,  at  Ravenna,  Ohio,  was  a  member  of  the  Senate  of  Ohio 
in  1846 ;  is  now,  and  for  some  years  has  been,  a  Lawyer  in  Cin- 
cinnati. At  the  decennial  meeting  in  1843,  was  reported  as  marri- 
ed and  having  one  child. 

CHRISTOPHER  R.  M'CLELLAN. 

Came  to  College  from  Baltimore.  Studied  medicine  at  New 
Haven,  married  Miss  Perry  of  New  Haven,  resided  for  a  few  years 
in  Baltimore  ;  then  located  himself  in  Brooklyn,  L.  I. ;  where  he 
soon  acquired,  and  now  enjoys,  a  large  medical  practice.  Has 
two  children. 

JOHN  M'CLELLAN. 
Born  in  Woodstock,  Ct.,  son  of  John  M'Clellan,  Esq.     Studied 
medicine  in  Philadelphia,  has  never  practiced ;  has  chosen  agri- 
culture as  his  pursuit,  in  connection  with  his  father,  who  has  a 
large  farm  in  Woodstock.     Not  married. 


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SAMUEL  DAVIES  MARSHALL. 

Born  in  Illinois,  Oct.  8,  1812,  son  of  John  Marshall,  a  native  of 
Ireland  who  has  lived  in  that  state  more  than  fifty  years.  His 
maternal  grandfather  was  also  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  taught  the 
first  school  ever  collected  in  Louisville,  Ky. ;  came  to  College 
from  Shawneetown,  111.  Studied  law  and  entered  upon  practice 
in  Shawneetown  ;  an  influential  and  prominent  member  of  the 
Legislature  of  Illinois  ;  has  been  editor  of  the  Springfield  Repub- 
lican, a  political  journal ;  has  been  associated  with  his  father  in 
trade  ;  has  been  a  Whig  candidate  for  Congress  ;  was  one  of  the 
State  Electors  on  the  Harrison  ticket  in  1840  ;  went  in  1846  to 
the  Mexican  War,  Major  of  the  fourth  Regiment  of  Illinois  vol- 
unteers ;  was  engaged  in  the  capture  of  Vera  Cruz,  and  was  ap- 
pointed by  Gen.  Scott  one  of  a  Board  of  Commissioners  to  make 
regulations  for  the  government  of  that  city  after  it  was  taken. 

Married,  Nov.  12,  1837,  his  cousin  Miss  Achsah  Ann  Leech,  who 
deceased  May  16,  1846.  Their  children,  (1)  Eugenia,  born  April 
15,  1839,  died  May  15,  1843  ;  (2)  Laura,  born  Feb.  1844,  died  in 
April,  1844  ;  (3)  John  died  May  5,  1845;  (4)  Frances,  died  in 
infancy. 

His  letter  to  the  Secretary  expresses  a  tender  sense  of  his  do- 
mestic bereavements,  and  his  determination  not  to  mingle  with 
society  after  the  death  of  his  beloved  wife. 

P.  S.  Before  these  sketches  were  given  to  the  press,  the  Secre- 
tary received  the  Southern  lUinoisan,  published  at  Shawneetown, 
containing  a  notice  of  the  death  of  Major  Samuel  D.  Marshall,  at 
Shawneetown,  April  12,  1854,  in  the  forty  sec(md  year  of  his  age. 
From  this  notice  the  following  extract  is  made. 

"He  was  a  profound  Lawyer,  and  an  orator  of  the  first  order. 
His  eloquence  touched  the  heart,  and  while  his  reasoning  produced 
conviction,  his  nervous  and  impassioned  appeals  carried  the  feel- 
ings of  his  hearers  by  storm.  As  Major  of  the  third  Regiment  of 
Illinois  Volunteers  in  Mexico,  he  conducted  himself  with  great 
bravery.  Always  acting  with  the  most  scrupulous  sense  of  jus- 
tice in  his  dealings  with  others,  he  was  unjust  to  none  but  himself. 

"  He  had  been  residing  with  his  brother  in  White  County,  Illi- 
nois, for  a  short  time — and  came  to  this  place  Tuesday  evening 
last,  and  the  next  morning  without  any  knowledge  by  his  friends 
that  his  health  was  not  good,  but  being  apparently  well,  he  lay 
down  and  in  a  few  moments  died,  without  convulsions  or  pain." 


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FREDERIC  ELLSWORTH  MATHER. 

Born  in  Windsor,  Ct.,  May  23,  1809,  son  of  Ellsworth  and 
Laura  (Wolcott)  Mather.  Studied  Law  in  Hartford  a  year,  be- 
ginning in  November  1833,  and  during  the  year  following  in  the 
Yale  Law  School.  In  Oct.  1835  entered  upon  a  *'  Law  Clerk- 
ship "  in  New  York  City,  and  was  admitted  an  Attorney  in  1838 
in  that  city,  where  he  still  continues,  enjoying  a  prosperous  busi- 
ness. Was  a  member  of  the  N.  Y.  Legislature  from  the  city  of 
New  York  in  1845  ;  and  for  ten  years  or  more  has  been  known 
among  the  "citizen  soldiery"  as  a  "General." 

Married,  at  Hartford,  May  23,  1837,  Ellen  Pomeroy  Goodrich, 
adopted  daughter  of  Elizur  Goodrich,  Esq. ;  Children,  (1)  Eliza 
G.,  born  Feb.  25,  1838 ;  (2)  Ellsworth,  born  Feb.  3,  1839,  and 
lost  in  the  wreck  of  the  steamer  Swallow  on  the  Hudson  river, 
April  7,  1845 ;  (3)  Ellen  L.  born  Oct.  30,  1840 ;  (4)  Laura  W. 
born  July  31,  1843  ;  (5)  Ada  E.  born  Nov.  18,  1851.  Since  the 
class  meeting  has  had  another  child,  (6)  Isabel  P.  born  Dec.  25, 
1853.  Has  been  prominent  in  the  Municipal  Reform  movement, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  newly  created  City  Legislative  body. 

WILLIAM  NEWTON  MATSON. 

Came  to  College  from  Colchester,  Ct.  Taught  the  Hopkins 
Grammar  School  in  Hartford  for  one  year  after  graduation  ;  stud- 
ied Law  in  that  city,  where  he  has  practiced  his  profession  till  the 
present  time  ;  was  for  several  years  Judge  of  Probate  for  the  Dis- 
trict of  Hartford.  Is  Reporter  of  the  Superior  and  Supreme 
Courts  of  Ct.  Married  a  daughter  of  Lewis  Strong,  Esq.  of  North- 
ampton, has  one  child. 

MARSHALL  MERIAM. 

Came  to  College  from  Concord,  Mass.  The  record  in  1843  re- 
specting him  is  this.  "  Teacher  a  year  and  a  half  in  Springfield 
Ky.,  studying  medicine  during  that  time  ;  attended  two  courses 
of  lectures  in  Philadelphia,  and  settled  as  a  Physician  in  Pitts- 
burgh, where  he  enjoyed  a  good  share  of  patronage  ;  married  in 
that  place  and  has  three  children."  Little  additional  information 
has  been  received  respecting  him.  It  has  been  said  that  he  has 
acquired  a  large  property,  and  has  removed  to  Merrimack,  N.  H., 
where  he  is  a  Physician  and  Farmer. 

PHINEAS  T.  MILLER. 

Born  in  Middletown,  Ct„  May  3,  1810,  8on  of  Samuel  and  Mary 


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(Gilbert)  Miller.  Studied  medicine  in  New  Haven  immediately 
after  graduating,  and  practiced  his  profession  in  that  city  till  1849? 
with  the  exception  of  a  short  time  during  which  he  pursued  the 
business  of  an  Apothecary  in  New  York  city.  For  some  years  he 
had  charge  of  the  General  Hospital  in  New  Haven. 

On  the  23d  of  Jan.  1849,  he  sailed  from  New  Haven  in  the 
schooner  Montague  with  a  company  of  fifty  or  more  for  California. 
In  the  winter  of  1850,  having  been  much  enfeebled  by  chronic 
dysentery  with  which  he  was  seized  in  the  mining  districts  of  that 
country,  he  set  his  face  homeward.  He  embarked  on  board  the 
ship  Clarissa  Perkins,  commanded  by  Capt.  Goodrich  of  New  Ha- 
ven, but  continued  to  fail  and  died  on  the  passage  on  or  about  the 
13th  of  Feb.  1850.     His  body  was  buried  in  the  ocean. 

Married  at  Rocky  Hill,  Ct.,  Aug.  31,  1836,  Elvira  Whitmore, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Anna  (Butler)  Whitmore.  Children  (1) 
Ellen  Elvira,  born  Sept,  14,  1837  ;  (2)  Henry  Samuel,  born  May 
10,  1840,  and  died  June  7,  1843  ;  (3)  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  June 
10,  1843  ;  (4)  Anna  W.  born  Aug.  15,  1848,  and  died  April  8, 
1852. 

CHARLES  SPOTSWOOD  MILLS. 

No  reliable  information  has  been  received  respecting  him  since 
the  first  decennial  meeting  in  1843.  The  record  made  at  that 
meeting  was  as  follows.  "Graduated  in  Medicine  at  Philadel- 
phia ;  took  charge  of  his  father's  coal  mines  near  Richmond,  and 
found  it  a  lucrative  business.  In  June,  1842,  went  to  France  and 
resumed  his  medical  studies,  and  is  daily  expected  at  Richmond, 
where  he  will  engage  in  medical  practice.  Married  in  1839  ;  has 
had  two  children,  which  have  deceased."  He  came  to  College 
from  Richmond,  Va. 

N.  S.  MOORE. 

Died  by  his  own  hand,  in  November  1833,  while  on  a  voyage 
to  France  and  when  within  sight  of  that  country.  His  body  was 
buried  in  a  solitary  grave  on  the  shore.  He  came  to  College  from 
River  Head,  L.  I. 

GEORGE  JACKSON  MORGAN. 

Came  to  College  from  New  Orleans,  La. ;  studied  Medicine  in 
Philadelphia,  practised  in  New  Orleans  ;  was  Physician  of  the 
Charity  Hospital,  and  died  of  yellow  fever  in  1838  or  1839» 


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JAMES  E.  NEWBOLD. 

Came  to  College  from  New  York  city.  At  the  first  decennial 
meeting  (in  1843)  nothing  had  been  heard  of  him,  except  that  he 
was  at  one  time  a  merchant  in  New  York  city.  It  has  since  been 
learned  that  he  has  been  afflicted  with  disease  on  the  brain,  which 
has  rendered  him  idiotic. 

DAVID  C.  PERRY. 

Born  in  Sharon,  Ct.  Jan.  5,  1810,  son  of  Rev.  David  L.  and 
Anna  S.  (Strong)  Perry.  Studied  Theology  at  Andover,  and  with 
his  father  in  Sharon,  from  Sept.  1833  to  1837.  In  1837  preached 
in  the  2d  parish  of  Sharon,  his  native  place ;  ordained  in  the 
spring  of  1838,  Pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  New 
Fairfield,  Ct.,  which  he  was  compelled  by  feeble  health  to  leave 
near  the  close  of  1844 ;  when  he  removed  to  Barlow,  Ohio,  pur- 
chased a  farm  and  engaged  in  wool-growing.  During  the  year 
1845  he  preached  occasionally.  In  1846  he  undertook  the  care 
of  a  church  in  the  place  of  his  residence,  (Barlow,  Ohio,)  which 
he  resigned  near  the  close  of  1848.  At  the  same  time,  tinder  the 
influence  of  domestic  affliction,  he  sold  his  farm  with  the  intention 
of  returning  to  New  England.  That  intention  he  relinquished, 
and  he  now  resides  in  Barlow,  Ohio,  occupied  by  the  instruction 
of  a  few  boys,  nurturing  his  health  (which  is  feeble)  by  horticul- 
ture, and  occasionally  performing  the  duties  of  a  minister. 

Married  at  New  Hartford,  Ct.  April  26,  1838,  Margaret,  daugh- 
ter of  Wm.  G-.  Williams,  Esq.  who  deceased  Aug.  1,  1840  ;  mar- 
ried, the  second  time,  Sept.  21,  1841,  Polly  M.  Ferry,  sister  of 
Starr  Ferry,  Esq.  of  Danbury,  Ct.,  under  whose  care  she  was  ed- 
ucated, her  father  having  died  in  her  infancy  ;  she  deceased  Dec. 
25,  1845  ;  married,  the  third  time,  Jan.  1847,  Sarah  Piatt  of  Dan- 
bury,  Ct.  who  deceased  Oct.  25,  1848  ;  married,  the  fourth  time, 
Jan.  31,  1850,  Esther  C.  Walton,  daughter  of  Nathan  Walton, 
Esq.  of  Cincinnatti,  Ohio,  and  sister  of  Rev.  James  S.  Walton,  his 
successor  in  the  ministry  at  Barlow.  Children,  (1)  George  How- 
ard, born  Nov.  28,  1842,  and  deceased  April  4,  1845 ;  (2)  Charles 
Strong,  born  April  7,  1844;  both  children  of  the  second  marriage. 

ALFRED  PERKINS. 

Born  in  Warren,  Trumbull  Co.  Ohio,  in  the  year  1811,  son  of 
Gen.  Simon  Perkins.     After  graduating,  he  remained  for  some 


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years  in  his  native  place,  engaged  in  his  father's  business.  In  the 
fall  of  1834,  however,  he  was  seized  with  a  violent  fever,  which 
had  been  preceded  by  the  lingering  western  ague.  His  constitu- 
tion gave  way  under  the  power  of  these  diseases,  and  he  gradu- 
ally sunk  into  a  confirmed  consumption.  In  September,  1838, 
accompanied  by  a  younger  brother,  he  sailed  for  Marseilles  in 
hope  of  improving  his  health.  He  spent  the  winter  in  Rome,  the 
ensuing  summer  in  Italy  and  France,  and  returned  home  in  the 
autumn  of  1839.  But  the  progress  of  his  disease  had  not  been 
arrested.  His  strength  continued  to  fail,  and  he  died  among  his 
friends  on  the  31st  of  March,  1840. 

JOSEPH  PETTEE. 

Born  in  Salisbury,  Ct.  March  14,  1809,  son  of  Joseph  and  Jo- 
anna (Everett)  Pettee.  Began  the  study  of  Theology  at  New 
Haven  ;  but  after  a  time,  embracing  the  doctrines  set  forth  in  the 
writings  of  Emanuel  Swedenborg,  he  left  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary, and  engaged  for  about  two  years  in  teaching,  in  the  mean 
time  continuing  to  study  the  writings  of  Swedenborg.  In  1837 
he  was  licensed  to  preach  ;  and  in  1838  was  ordained  Pastor  of 
"the  Society  of  the  New  Jerusalem"  in  Abington,  Mass.  Since 
that  time  he  has  been  and  is  now.  Pastor  of  that  Society.  But  as 
his  salary  from  the  Society  (which  is  small)  is  inadequate  to  the 
support  of  his  family,  he  has  been  obliged  for  five  or  six  years 
past  to  combine  other  employments  with  his  ministry.  In  1849 
he  was  appointed  "  Inspector  of  the  Customs  "  in  Boston  :  which 
office  he  retained  till  June  30,  1853,  when,  in  consequence  of  the 
change  in  the  administration  of  the  national  government,  he  was 
removed. 

Has  published  a  number  of  discourses  (about  thirty)  in  the 
"New  Jerusalem  Magazine";  also  in  the  same  periodical  articles 
on  the  following  subjects — On  the  nature  of  Inspiration,  On  De- 
grees of  Freedom,  Review-  of  a  Discourse  by  Rev.  Mr.  Burnap 
on  the  "  Manifestations  of  God,"  On  the  distinction  between  man 
and  animals — also  two  tracts,  one  entitled,  The  Nature  of  True 
Religion,  the  other  entitled.  The  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  one  Grod 
— in  all  about  400  pp.  octavo. 

Married  at  Salisbury,  Ct.,  Feb.  24,  1835,  Miss  Mary  Pierce, 
born  Feb.  21,  1807,  daughter  of  James  and  Mary  (Hilliard) 
Pierce.     Children,  (1)  James,  born  July  4,  1836  j  (2)  Benjamin, 

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born  Aug.  26,  1839  ;  (3)  John,  born  Jan.  16,  1841 ;  (4)  Lemuel, 
born  Feb.  24,  1843  ;  (5)  Joseph,  born  March  2,  1645  ;  (6)  AVil- 
liam,  born  Feb.  1,  1847. 

JOHN  PHELPS. 

Came  to  College  from  Suffield,  Ct.  The  record  made  respect- 
ing him  after  the  meeting  in  1843  was  this,  "Lawyer  in  Kingston, 
N.  Y.,  not  married."  Little  has  been  heard  of  him  since,  except 
that  he  has  relinquished  his  legal  business. 

GEORGE  L.  POTTER. 

Born  in  New  Haven,  Ct.,  Nov.  10,  1812,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Jemima  (Scovil)  Potter.  Studied  Law  at  New  Haven,  and  com- 
menced practice  at  Natchez,  Miss.,  in  the  spring  of  1837  ;  re- 
moved in  the  spring  of  1842  to  Jackson,  Miss.,  the  seat  of  the 
principal  courts  for  that  region,  and  the  centre  of  his  business. 
Married,  in  the  fall  of  ]  845,  Cynthia,  daughter  of  Judge  Mayes, 
formerly  of  Kentucky ;  has  three  children,  George,  Fanny  and 
Daniel;  the  youngest  about  two  years  old. 

STEPHEN  ATWATER  POTWINS. 

Born  in  East  Windsor,  Ct.,  was  ill  and  absent  when  the  class 
graduated ;  died  at  his  father's  house  in  East  Windsor,  March  4, 
1834. 

ROBERT  ROBERTSON. 

Came  to  College  from  Norfolk,  Va.  Immediately  after  gradu- 
tion  he  studied  Law  with  Hon.  Wm.  Maxwell,  of  Norfolk,  but 
never  applied  for  admission  to  the  Bar.  Became  Secretary  on 
board  one  of  the  vessels  of  the  U.  S.  Navy,  and  made  one  or  two 
voyages  with  Capt.  Wilkins  in  the  Macedonian.  About  the  year 
1844,  he  was  Secretary  of  Commodore  Kennedy,  on  board  the 
Pennsylvanian,  then  the  receiving  ship  at  Norfolk.  Intelligence 
has  been  received  of  his  death,  but  not  of  its  date. 

JOHN  PURNELL  ROBINS. 
Came  to  College  from  Snow  Hill,  Md.  Studied  Theology  and 
was  ordained,  in  Jan.  1836,  Rector  of  two  contiguous  parishes  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  Worcester  Co.,  Md.,  near 
Snow  Hill,  his  native  place.  Married  in  1835,  and  had  one  child. 
Visited  New  Haven  in  the  summer  of  1845  or  1846,  with  his  wife 
and  child.     Not  long  after,  intelligence  was  received  of  his  wife's 


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death.  He  was  always  what  is  called  a  "  Low-churchman."  Ho 
was  in  favor  of  union  with  all  evangelical  Churches  in  the  Bible 
Society,  and  kindred  institutions,  and  strenuously  opposed  to 
what  is  called  "  Puseyism,"  and  to  the  views  and  measures  of 
Bishop  Whittingham,  of  the  Episcopal  Diocese  of  Md.  Intelli- 
gence has  recently  been  received  that  he  has  transferred  his  re- 
lation from  the  Episcopal  to  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

WILLIAM  HUNTINGTON  RUSSELL. 

Born  at  Middletown,  Ct.,  Aug.  12,  1809,  son  of  Matthew  Tal- 
cott  and  Mary  (Huntington)  Russell. 

Teacher  in  a  High  School  in  Princeton,  N.  J.,  from  Sept.  1833 
to  May,  1835.  Tutor  in  Yale  College  from  May,  1835,  to  Sept. 
1836.  From  Sept.  1836  to  the  present  time,  Principal  of  a  Fam- 
ily School  for  Boys,  in  New  Haven,  Ct.,  which  has  grown  into 
**  The  Collegiate  and  Commercial  Institute,"  with  one  hundred 
and  thirty  Pupils,  and  twelve  Assistant  Instructors. 

Studied  Medicine  at  New  Haven  in  1835-6,  and  received  a 
medical  degree  from  the  Yale  Medical  School.  Represented  the 
town  of  New  Haven  in  the  Legislature  of  Connecticut  in  1846 
and  1847. 

Married,  at  Clinton,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Mary  Elizabeth  Hub- 
bard, of  New  Haven,  Ct.,  daughter  of  Thomas  Hubbard  (Prof, 
of  Surgery  in  Yale  College)  and  Lucy  (G-ray)  Hubbard. 

Children,  (1)  Lucy  Gray,  born  July  7,  1837,  and  died  April  2, 
1838 ;  (2)  Frances  Harriet,  born  Aug.  14,  1839  ;  (3)  Henrietta 
Lee,  born  Aug.  2,  1841  ;  (4)  Mary,  born  Dec.  27,  1844,  and  died 
June  7,  1849  ;  (5)  Talcott  Huntington,  born  March  13,  1847 ; 
(6)  William  Huntington,  born  March  23,  1850,  and  died  Feb.  27, 
1851;  (7)  Thomas  Hubbard,  born  Dec.  14, 1852;  (8)  Philip  Gray, 
born  Feb.  14,  1854. 

JAMES  TUTTLE  SHERMAN. 

Born  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  Dec.  21,  1814,  son  of  George  and  Re- 
becca Sherman.  Studied  Law  less  than  a  year,  and  gave  it  up 
from  dislike  of  the  profession.  In  1835  assumed  the  charge  of 
the  New  Jersey  State  Gazette,  (Whig,)  and  continued  to  be  edi- 
tor and  one  of  the  proprietors  till  Feb.  1853.  Married,  at  Tren- 
ton, June  21,  1847,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Higbee  ;  has  one  child,  Caroline, 
born  May  20,  1848. 


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JEREMIAH  SMITH. 
Returned  to  his  home  at  St.  Croix,  W.  I. ;  found  that  his  prop- 
erty had  been  embezzled  and  dissipated  ;  came  to  Philadelphia 
and  entered  upon  a  limited  mercantile  business,  in  which  he  had 
but  small  success.  Married  and  had  several  children.  Died  at 
some  time  during  two  years  past. 

JOSHUA  SMITH. 

Came  to  College  from  Franklin,  Ct.  Nothing  has  been  learned 
respecting  him. 

JOHN  HENRY  SOUTHARD. 
Came  to  College  from  Fishkill,  N.  Y.     Studied  Law  and  com- 
menced practice  in  New  York  city,  where  he  now  resides. 

JOHN  M.  F.  STODDAED. 

Came  to  College  from  Woodstock,  Ct.  Died  soon  after  gradu- 
ation, in  his  native  town. 

MOSES  B.  STITABT. 

Born  in  Andover,  Mass.,  Oct.  18,  1813,  son  of  Prof  Moses  Stu- 
art. Went  to  Beaufort,  S.  C,  where  he  pursued  his  studies  and 
also  assisted  an  older  brother  in  a  High  School  for  about  a  year  : 
when  he  removed  to  Hartford,  and  was  engaged  in  the  study  of 
Law,  in  the  office  of  Gov.  Wm.  W.  Ellsworth,  till  Oct.  23,  1835, 
when  he  suddenly  deceased.  He  was  ill  of  a  slow  fever,  which  in- 
dicated no  danger ;  but  he  was  taken  at  midnight  with  hemor- 
rhage of  the  bowels,  and  in  a  few  moments  his  life  was  spent. 

DORSON  E.  SYKES. 

Came  to  College  from  Lisbon,  N.  Y.  Teacher  for  two  years  in 
Milledgeville,  Ga.  Studied  Theology  for  three  years  in  New  Ha- 
ven, and  was  licensed  to  preach  ;  but  being  soon  disabled  by  bron- 
chitis, went  to  Greorgia,  where  he  resided  for  some  time  till  his 
health  was  partially  restored ;  returned  to  Connecticut,  and  in 
1841  became  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Norwich  Courier,  a 
Whig  paper.  He  still  resides  in  Norwich.  His  paper  is  now  a 
weekly,  tri-weekly  and  daily.  Married,  November,  1840,  Misa 
Georgianna  May. 

ALPHONZO  TAFT. 
Born  Nov.  10,   1810,  at  Townsend,  Vt.,  son  of  Peter  Rawson 


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and  Silvia  (Howard)  Taft.  Teacher  in  the  Ellington  [Ct.]  High 
School  1833-1835;  Tutor  in  Yale  College  1835-1837;  studied 
Law  while  Tutor,  and  afterwards  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  New 
Haven,  Aug.  1838  ;  commenced  practice  in  Cincinnatti,  Ohio, 
Jan.  1840 ;  married,  Aug.  29,  1841,  Fanny  Phelps,  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Eliza  [Houghton]  Phelps,  of  Townsend,  Vt.  About 
the  time  he  began  his  residence  in  Cincinnatti,  his  own  parents 
and  his  wife's  parents  removed  to  that  place.  His  wife  died  June 
2,  1852.  Children,  [1]  Charles  Phelps,  born  Dec.  21,  1843  ;  [2] 
Peter  Rawson,  born  May  10,  1846  ;  [3]  Mary,  died  in  infancy ; 
[4)  Alphonso,  died  in  infancy ;  [5]  Alphonso,  died  in  infancy. 
Married,  Dec.  26, 1853,  Louisa  Maria  Torrey,  daughter  of  Samuel 
D.  and  Susan  H.  [Waters]  Torrey,  of  Millbury,  Mass.  Has  been 
successful  in  his  profession. 

DAVID  TILTON. 

Came  to  College  from  Gilmantown,  N.  H.  Studied  Theology 
one  year  at  Taunton,  Mass.  and  one  year  at  Andover  ;  ordained 
Pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Edgarton,  Mass.  Nov.  14, 
1835  ;  installed  Pastor  of  a  Congregational  Church  in  Gloucester, 
(Anisquam  Parish,)  Mass.  Aug.  12,  1840  ;  remained  there  till  the 
spring  of  1850 ;  has  resided  since  in  North  Chelsea,  Mass.  with- 
out pastoral  charge,  preaching  occasionally  and  employed  in  ex- 
tending the  circulation  of  the  Congregationalist,  a  weekly  relig- 
ious paper  published  in  Boston. 

Married,  March  14,  1836,  Sarah  F.  Batehelder  of  Danvers, 
Mass.  who  died  Oct.  13,  1848.  Children,  (1)  William  Bushley, 
born  Aug.  10,  1837;  (2)  David  Brainerd,  March  15,  1840;  (3) 
John  Prescott,  April  7,  1842;  (4)  Sarah  Elizabeth,  March  21, 
1844 ;  (5)  Lucy,  March  10,  1846.  Married,  Sept.  20,  1849,  Miss 
Thirza  Lee  of  New  Britain,  Ct. 

CHARLES  TURNER  TORREY. 

Born  in  Scituate,  Mass.,  Nov.  21,  1813,  son  of  Charles  and  Han- 
nah  Tolman  (Turner)  Torrey.  Taught  school  four  months  in 
West  Brookfield,  Mass.  Studied  Theology  at  Andover  from  Oct. 
1834  to  Oct.  1835  ;  then  six  months  with  Rev.  Mr.  SpofFord  at 
Scituate,  Mass. ;  then  with  Rev.  Dr.  Ide  of  West  Medway,  Mass. 
from  June,  1836  till  March  22,  1837,  when  he  was  ordained  Pas- 
tor of  the  Richmond  St.  Congregational  Church,  Providence,  R.  L 
Married  about  the  same  time,  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  Ide, 


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Installed  Pastor  of  the  Harvard  St.  Congregational  Church,  Salem, 
Mass.,  Jan.  4,  1838.  In  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1839,  engaged 
as  an  Anti  Slavery  Lecturer,  and  was  thus  employed,  occasionally 
editing  a  paper,  till  the  beginning  of  1842,  when  he  went  to  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  as  a  reporter  chiefly  for  anti-slavery  papers  ;  went 
to  Annapolis  Md.  to  report  the  proceedings  of  a  slaveholder's  con- 
vention assembled  there.  For  this  his  case  was  brought  before  the 
convention,  a  mob  was  gathered  against  him,  and  he  was  put  in 
prison.  On  examination  nothing  was  proved  against  him  except 
that  he  came  to  report  the  proceedings  of  the  convention,  and  he 
was  released,  In  the  autumn  of  1842,  he  went  to  Albany  and  be- 
came the  editor  of  the  *'  Tocsin  of  Liberty,"  afterwards  called  the 
*'  Albany  Patriot."  Soon,  at  the  request  of  a  slave  who  had 
escaped  to  Canada,  he  went  to  Virginia  to  assist  in  the  escape  of 
his  wife  and  children, — was  unsuocessful  in  this,  but  secured  the 
escape  of  John  Webb,  his  wife  and  four  children,  the  slaves  of 
Bushrod  Taylor  of  Va.  In  June  1844,  he  was  arrested  at  Balti- 
more on  the  complaint  of  Bushrod  Taylor,  charged  with  aiding 
slaves  to  escape,  and  was  put  in  prison  to  await  the  requisition  of 
the  Governor  of  Virginia,  Immediately  he  was  charged  by  Wm. 
He^kroth  with  assisting  slaves  to  escape  from  Maryland,  and  was 
detained  in  prison  at  Baltimore  to  await  trial  on  that  charge. 
After  two  months,  he  made  an  unsuccessful  attempt  to  escape 
from  prison.  He  was  then  put  in  heavy  irons,  and  confined  in  a 
damp,  close  and  noisome  cell ;  which  caused  a  fever  and  great 
nervous  prostration.  His  trial  began  Nov.  29,  1844,  and  resulted 
in  his  conviction  on  three  indictments,  and  his  sentence  to  six 
years  imprisonment  in  the  Penitentiary  on  each  of  the  indictments. 
His  sentence  was  suspended  for  nearly  a  month,  and  during  a 
fortnight  of  this  time  he  wrote  a  book  of  255  pages,  which  was 
sent  to  his  wife  and  published,  called  "Home,"  or  "  The  Pilgrims 
Faith  revived."  He  was  treated  in  the  Penitentiary  with  as 
much  kindness  as  the  system  of  discipline  would  allow.  In  the 
fall  of  1845,  his  health  began  seriously  to  fail,  and  it  was  evident 
that  he  was  in  danger  of  pulmonary  consumption,  and  would  soon 
die  if  retained  in  prison.  Efforts  were  made  to  procure  his  par- 
don. Sufficient  money  was  raised  to  pay  for  the  slaves  whom  he 
aided  to  escape ;  petitions,  numerously  and  very  respectably 
signed,  were  addressed  to  Gov.  Pratt  of  Maryland,  and  the  Gov- 
ernor was  visited  by  Rev.  Dr.   Ide,  Mrs.  Torrey's  father.     But 


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while  encouragement  was  given,  the  Governor  delayed  for  one 
reason  and  another  till  it  was  too  late  ;  and  he  died  in  the  Peni- 
tentiary, May  9,  1846. 

His  body  was  removed  to  Boston,  and  after  funeral  services 
and  a  sermon  in  the  Tremont  Temple,  was  buried  in  Mount  Au- 
burn Cemetery,  where  a  monument  has  been  erected  to  his  mem- 
ory. His  death  was  the  cause  of  much  feeling  in  some  parts  of 
the  country.  Many  public  meetings  were  held,  speeches  made, 
and  resolutions  passed  respecting  him  and  those  who  caused  his 
imprisonment  and  death.  His  memoir  has  been  published  in  a 
volume  of  364  pages,  made  up  chiefly  of  his  letters,  and  those  of 
his  wife  and  friends  to  him  ;  the  biography  is  entitled,  "  Memoir 
of  the  Martyr  Torrey."     He  had  several  children. 

JOSHUA  THOMAS  TUCKER. 

Born  in  Milton,  Mass.  Sept.  20,  1812,  son  of  Joshua  and  Weal- 
thy (Thomas)  Tucker.  Went  to  St.  Louis  in  1833  ;  studied  The- 
ology in  Lane  Seminary,  Cincinnatti,  Ohio,  and  soon  after  took 
the  pastoral  charge  of  the  1st  Presbyterian  Church  in  Hannibal, 
Missouri ;  left  Hannibal  in  1846,  and  during  the  same  year  be>- 
came  Pastor  of  the  North  Presbyterian  Church  in  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri ;  was  there  Associate  Editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Herald  of 
Religious  Liberty ;  was  installed  Pastor  of  the  Congregational 
Church  in  Holliston,  Mass.  June  6,  1849  ;  has  published  quite  a 
number  of  occasional  discourses. 

Married  in  St.  Louis,  May  30,  1837,  Mary  Oland  Stibbs,  who 
was  born  in  London,  England,  Oct.  17,  1814,  and  died  in  August, 
1844.  Children,  (1)  Mary  Ellen ;  (2)  Anne  Eliza  ;  (3)  William 
Oland  ;  (4)  Emma  Ross  ;  the  two  last  have  died.  Married  again 
at  St.  Ijouis,  October  1845,  Anne  D.  Shackford,  who  was  born  in 
Portsmouth,  N.  H.  Jan.  10,  1813  ;  one  child  in  the  second  mar- 
riage, John  Shackford,  who  died  in  infancy. 

JONATHAN  BALDWIN  TURNER. 

Born  in  Templeton,  Mass.,  Dec.  7,  1805,  son  of  Asa  Turner, 
Before  graduation,  in  the  spring  of  1833,  entered  on  the  duties  of 
Professor  of  Rhetoric  and  Belles  Lettres  in  Illinois  College,  Jack- 
sonville. Resigned  his  professorship  in  1848,  and  has  since  devoted 
his  time  to  improvements  in  Agriculture  and  Horticulture,  and  to 
devising  and  promoting  a  practical  and  liberal  system  of  educa- 
tion for  the  industrial  classes  in  the  West.     Has  been  quite  sue- 


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cessful  in  introducing  a  good  mode  of  hedging  the  western  prai- 
ries by  the  Osage  Orange  ;  his  object  being  to  promote  education 
by  promoting  the  settlement  of  villages  and  compact  school  dis- 
tricts. 

Married,  Sept.  1838,  in  Somers,  Ct.,  Rodolphia  Kibbe,  daugh- 
ter of  Rodolphus  Kibbe,  of  that  place  ;  has  six  children,  viz  :  (1) 
Rodolphus  Kibbe,  aged  17  ;  (2)  John  Baldwin,  aged  15  ;  (3)  Wil- 
liam Henry,  aged  13  ;  (4)  Charles  Arthur,  aged  13  ;  (5)  Mary 
Louisa,  aged  8  ;  Asa  Howard,  aged  4. 

Has  edited  a  newspaper ;  has  preached  frequently,  though 
never  having  any  regular  pastoral  charge  ;  has  "  stumped"  a  con- 
siderable part  of  the  State  of  Illinois  in  behalf  of  Common 
Schools  ;  has  published  various  pamphlets,  and  one  book  entitled 
**  Mormonism  in  all  ages,"  octavo,  pp.  304. 

CORNELIUS  VAN  SANTVOORD. 

Born  Oct.  17,  1813,  at  Utica,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Abraham  and  Sa- 
rah (Hitchcock)  Van  Santvoord.  Studied  Law  in  New  Haven  a 
year  and  a  half  after  graduating  ;  continued  his  studies  in  New 
York  City,  where  he  was  admitted  Attorney  at  Law,  Oct.  28, 1836, 
and  Counsellor  in  1839  ;  is  still  in  that  city,  enjoying  a  successful 
practice. 

Married  Susan  R.  Varick,  May,  1841 ;  has  five  children,  viz  : 
(1)  Abraham;  (2)  John  Varick ;  (3)  Anna  Maria;  (4)  Elizabeth 
Hull ;  (5)  Richard. 

HIRAM  WHEELER. 
Born  in  North  East,  N.  Y.,  from  which  place  he  came  to  Col- 
lege. Nothing  was  learned  of  him  by  the  Secretary,  till  the  sum- 
mer of  1849,  when  Dr.  Cheney  Howe  gave  the  following  infor- 
mation, which  is  all  that  has  been  received.  *'  Cultivated  his  fa- 
ther's farm  in  his  native  place  ;  practiced  Law  some,  though  not 
a  regular  bred  Lawyer.  Teacher  now  [1849]  in  Rochester,  N.  Y. ; 
married  in  Sharon,  Ct.  MissHollister,  and  has  [1849]  four  children." 

ALEXANDER  B.  WHITING. 
Born  in  New  Haven,  Ct.,  son  of  Nathan  Whiting.  Graduated 
in  Medicine  at  New  Haven  in  1836,  having  in  the  mean  time  vis- 
ited South  America.  Began  practice  in  New  York  City ;  was 
for  a  time  Physician  at  the  Belle vue  Hospital.  During  a  Whig 
National  Administration  was  the  Physician  of  the  Port  of  New 
York. 


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LEONIDAS  WILSON. 

Came  to  College  from  Montgomery  County,  Md.  Very  little 
has  been  heard  from  him  since  he  graduated.  Was  seen  by  Sher- 
man at  the  Whig  Convention  in  Baltimore  in  1840.  Dr.  Cheney 
Howe  stated  [in  1849 J  that  soon  after  he  left  College  he  became 
a  Methodist  Minister,  and  preached  about  a  year  in  Maryland ; 
but,  his  mind  becoming  diseased,  he  relinquised  his  profession^ 
and  engaged  in  merchandize  with  his  father  in  Clarksburg,  Mont- 
gomery Co.,  Md. 

SAMUEL  WOLCOTT. 
Born  in  South  Windsor,  July  2,  1813  ;  his  father,  Elihu  Wol- 
cott,  Esq.,  now  (1854)  residing  in  Jacksonville,  111.,  is  a  descen- 
dant of  Henry  Wolcott  of  Windsor,  one  of  the  first  settlers  and 
magistrates  of  the  Colony  of  Connecticut ;  his  mother,  Rachel  M. 
McClure,  who  died  in  1821,  was  a  daughter  of  Rev.  David  Mc 
Clure,  D.  D.,  of  South  Windsor.  Passed  the  year  after  gradua- 
tion mostly  in  New  Haven,  attending  theological  lectures ;  entered 
the  Theological  Seminary,  Andover,  1834,  and  completed  the 
regular  course  in  1837.  Was  engaged,  the  two  succeeding  years, 
at  the  Missionary  House  in  Boston.  Married,  Sept.  5,  1839, 
Catharine  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Ezra  Wood,  Esq.,  Westminster, 
Mass. ;  ordained  in  Boston,  Nov.  13,  1839  ;  embarked  as  a  mis- 
sionary, Jan.  24,  and  arrived  in  Beirout,  Syria,  April  2,  1840  ; 
entered  Mount  Lebanon,  and  soon  retreated  to  the  coast  for  pro- 
tection. After  witnessing,  from  the  harbor,  the  bombardment  of 
Beirout  by  the  Allied  Fleets,  retired  for  a  few  weeks,  with  his 
family,  to  the  Island  of  Cyprus  ;  visited  Damascus  in  the  spring 
of  1841,  and  in  the  summer  established  himself  in  Deir-el-Kamr, 
the  capital  of  Mount  Lebanon,  where  he  opened  a  school  for  the 
sons  of  the  Druze  Sheikhs  ;  labors  and  residence  suddenly  inter- 
rupted by  a  sanguinary  civil  war,  in  which  his  effects  were  pil- 
laged. His  wife  died  in  Beirout,  Oct.  26,  1841.  Passed  the  foL 
lowing  winter  in  Jerusalem,  making  investigations,  and  visiting 
places  of  sacred  interest  in  Palestine,  accounts  of  which,  sent  to 
Prof.  Robinson,  were  published  in  the  Am.  Bib.  Repos.,  1842,  and 
the  Bib.  Sacra,  1843.  Returned  in  the  spring  of  1842,  and  resi- 
ded in  Mt.  Lebanon,  until  the  labors  of  the  Mission  were  again 
interrupted  by  civil  war.  Left  Beirout,  Jan.  2,  returning  by  the 
way  of  England,  and  arrived  in  Boston,  April  21,  1843;  installed 


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pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Longmcadow,  Mass.,  Aug* 
30,  1843 ;  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Belchertown,  Mass. 
Oct.  2,  1849  ;  and  of  the  High  Street  Congregational  Church, 
Providence,  R.  I.,  April  20,  1853.  Married,  Nov.  1,  1843,  Har- 
riet Amanda,  daughter  of  Jonathan  A.  Pope,^  Esq.,  Millbury,  Mass. 
Children,  all  living,  (1)  Samuel  Adams,  b.  Sept.  3, 1844;  (2)  Henry 
Roger,  b.  March  15,  1846  ;  (3)  Edvi^ard  Oliver,  b.  March,  26, 1848  j 
(4)  Harriet  Agnes,  b.  March  15,  1850  ;  (5)  William  Edgar,  b.  April 
26, 1852.  Has  published  the  followring  pamphlets  :  Thanksgiving 
Sermon,  Nov.  1849  ;  Election  Sermon,  before  the  Governor  and 
Legislature  of  Massachusetts,  Jan.  1853  ;  Address  at  the  consecra- 
tion of  Rock  Hill  Cemetery,  Oct.  1853 ;  Remarks  at  Public  Meet- 
ing in  Providence  to  protest  against  the  Nebraska  Bill,  March, 
1845 ;  wrote  Tract  No.  527,  of  the  Am.  Tract  Society. 

GEORGE  INGERSOLL  WOOD. 

Born  in  Stamford,  Ct.,  May  20,  1814.  Son  of  Joseph  and  Fan- 
ny (Ellsworth)  Wood.  Studied  Law  for  two  years  with  his  father 
in  Bridgeport,  Ct.  Then  made  profession  of  his  faith  in  Christ, 
and  studied  for  the  ministry  in  Bridgeport,  New  Haven  and  New 
York.  Ordained  pastor  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  May  1840.  Installed  pastor  of  the  Congrega- 
tional Church  in  West  Hartford,  Ct.,  in  the  spring  of  1841.  Took 
charge  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  North  Branford,  Ct.,  in 
Dec.  1844.  Installed  paster  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  El- 
lington, Ct.,  June  26, 1850.  Has  published  various  Sermons,  and 
Addresses,  and  several  articles  in  the  New  Englander. 

Married  in  New  Haven,  April  28,  1840,  Susan  Townsend  Mer- 
win,  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  and  Clarina  (Taylor)  Merwin. 
Children,  (1)  Emily  Merwin,  born  Feb.  11,  1841,  (2)  Oliver  Ells- 
worth, born  June  6,  1844,  (3)  George,  born  Feb.  12,  1850,  (4) 
Joseph,  born  Oct.  1852. 


APPENDIX. 


Of  the  large  number  who  left  the  Class  before  graduating,  in- 
telligence has  been  received  from  very  few.  Three,  however-, 
have  favored  the  Secretary  with  information  by  letter,  respecting 
themselves,  which,  with  intelligence  from  one  or  two  others,  is 
here  given. 

ROGERS  BIRNIE. 

Came  to  College  from  Frederick  Co.,  Md.  j  left  the  Class,  on 
account  of  ill  health,  during  Junior  year ;  engaged  in  farming  at 
Glen  Burn,  Md.,  at  first  with  his  father,  and  after  1837  on  his 
own  land  ;  at  the  same  time  giving  instruction  in  Mathematics  in 
a  Female  Seminary  kept  by  his  sisters.  He  now  has  a  School  of 
his  own,  limited  to  ten  pupils  ;  which  he  conducts  in  addition  to 
his  supervision  of  his  farm. 

Married,  Jan.  1841,  Miss  Harry,  of  Hagarstown,  Md.  Five 
children,  one  daughter  and  four  sons. 

JOHN  HENRY  LUMPKIN. 

Came  to  College  from  Hermon,  Ga.  He  left  the  Class  toward 
the  end  of  its  Junior  year,  in  the  summer  of  1832.  He  was  im-= 
mediately  appointed  Private  Secretary  to  his  uncle,  Hon.  Wilson 
Lumpkin,  then  Governor  of  Georgia ;  continued  in  that  office 
about  a  year;  then  studied  Law  at  Lexington,  Ga.,  with  his  uncle, 
Col.  Joseph  Henry  Lumpkin  ;  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  March, 
1834,  when  he  removed  to  Floyd  County,  one  of  the  new  coun- 
ties made  out  of  the  Cherokee  country.  In  Oct.  1835  he  was 
elected  Representative  from  Floyd  County  to  the  State  Legisla- 
ture. In  1838  was  elected  by  the  Legislature  Solicitor  General 
of  the  Cherokee  Circuit  for  the  term  of  three  years.  In  Oct. 
1840,  was  nominated  on  general  ticket,  as  one  of  the  Democratic 
Representatives  of  the  State  in  Congress.  The  ticket  was  de- 
feated. In  1842  was  again  nominated  on  general  ticket,  and 
elected.     Has  been  elected  once  or  twice  since. 


Married,  Feb.  4,  1836,  at  Milledgeville,  Ga.,  Martha  Antoinette, 
daughter  of  Robert  McCombs,  Esq.,  of  that  place,  who  died  Nov. 
1,  1838,  leaving  a  son,  born  Feb.  1,  1837.     Married  again.  May, 

1840,  Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  Col.  Thomas  C ,  (the  word  is 

illegible,)  of  Athens,  Tenn.  Children,  a  son  and  a  daughter,  at 
the  time  this  information  was  received  (Jan.  1844) ;  the  daughter 
deceased  Jan.  9,  1844. 

HEMAN  MEAD. 
Came  to  College  from  Greenwich,  Ct.    Left  the  Class  during 
the  Senior  year  ;  has  been  since  that  time  a  Teacher  in  Maccm, 
Ga.      Married  and  has  children.      Has  recently  moved  to   the 
North, 

JOSEPH  THOMAS. 

Came  to  College  from  Ledyard,  N.  Y.  Left  College  during 
Senior  year,  on  account  of  sickness ;  is  a  Physician  in  Philadel- 
phia, and  one  of  the  compilers  of  a  Gazetteer  of  the  U.  States, 
just  published  in  Philadelphia* 


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